This casestudy compares two waterfront projects. 'The East River Waterfront Esplanade' by the city of New York itself, and 'Performance Park' by HM White Architects for a designcompetition.
It's striking that there is a clear difference in designquality between the two projects. Whereas the East River project by the government appears to be much more calculated and has had years and years of preparation and studies, they don't seem to reach their goals. The project is not as flexible and diverse as it could be, and the waterfront is not physically accessible at all. The green on the waterfront is mostly used as a visual, esthetic quality and not as an active solution to cope with for example sea level changes, ecosystems, different activities, ... This is where 'Performance Park' does a better job.
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