The project proposes a new urban ecology that employs a multiplicity of forms and functions to produce a diverse system formed by:

• the potential for merging private development with a vibrant and accessible public realm;
• the reinvention of the city edge as a place that mediates between the city, sky, and water; and
• the integration of ecological and synthetic systems.

The edge simultaneously denotes the physical limits of the built environment and allows for boundless opportunities to connect with light and air. The implementation of new architecture requires the edge to expand, enticing people out from the center and toward the periphery. Here, spaces can open to expose occupants to the exterior, visually pulling them up and out of the project.