Raleigh Design Teams Place in International “What If New York City…” Design Competition

In recent international design competition “What If New York City,” a panel jury, including internationally renowned star-chitect Enrique Norton, selected ten winning entries; four from New York, one from Denmark, Portugal, Canada, and Boston…. and two from Raleigh.  One of the winning Raleigh-based teams (entry entitled “Threading Water”) included David Hill, Assistant Professor of Architecture at NC State’s College of Design; Nelson Tang, designer with PBC+L; and Laura Garofalo, who is a new architecture faculty member at the College of Design; Henry Newell and Megan Casanega.  The other Raleigh-based team included Darrell Mayer, with New City Design Group, and Elizabeth Kolepp-Mayer.

The premise of the competition is a hypothetical scenario where New York City is devastated by a category 5 hurricane.  Entries were judged on a range of criteria centered around architecture and its role in disaster relief. 

“Threading Water” Winning Entry.

“Container Living Apparatus” Winning Entry.

Competition Website.

All Competition Winners.

image of winning Raleigh-based entry: Threading Water

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