Where 132 concrete flowers bloom

Digital Structural Engineering for Little Island in New York

 - Jakob Schoof

Little Island - a structure about 1 ha in size in the Hudson River - is undoubtedly the most extravagant park in New York. Three-dimensional parametric models were indispensable for the planning of the 132 tulip-shaped concrete piles that support it.

Digital Structural Engineering for Little Island in New York
© Timothy Schenck