shortlisted finalist in the Gateways to Chinatown competition.
The project is conceived as both a portal and passageway between the community of the Chinatown and Little Italy neighborhoods and the active tourist population; creating an intertwining gesture aimed at simultaneously defining and engaging the neighbors and users in a cultural exchange. The pavilion creates a new multipurpose public space for individual and collective use as well as larger community
gatherings for the multiple celebrations that take place in Chinatown. Pedestrians are able to sit on the steps and walk through the oculus!