Winner Announced In Hudson Square Street Installation Competition

WEST VILLAGE, NY — A winning street-installation design was selected on Wednesday in a competition and initiative to brighten up the Hudson Square neighborhood of Lower Manhattan.

WIP Collaborative, a group of women-led independent design professionals based in Brooklyn, created the winning design for the "Care for Hudson Square" competition.

The new installation will get placed on King Street between Hudson and Greenwich Streets, with plans to build the installation out of durable material commonly found in playgrounds to allow comfortable seating and climbing.

The Hudson Square neighborhood in Lower Manhattan is generally considered to exist between Clarkson Street on the north, Canal Street on the south, Sixth Avenue on the east, and West Street on the west.

The winning design installation is called "Restorative Ground."

"Restorative Ground is a multifaceted landscape of exploration, envisioned as an environment for both social interaction and sensory stimulation that allows for a full range of experiences from adventurous and playful to quiet and restorative," said WIP Collaborative. “The large footprint of the King Street site accommodates space for safe gathering, in a location within Hudson Square that offers the opportunity to act as a connector between existing community resources, cultural institutions and nearby green spaces."

Hudson Square Properties and the Hudson Square Business Improvement District partnered with the Urban Design Forum for the initiative to help reactivate the Hudson Square public realm.

The Hudson Square Business Improvement District has overseen Hudson Square since 2009, which then was formally known as the Printing District. The non-profit organization focused on improving the neighborhood has organized the creation of artistic curbside dining spaces, expanded parking spaces for bikes, and spearheaded an effort to display more public art.

The design will get installed in the coming months, and you can find out more about it and see the other designs that joined the competition on Urban Design's website.

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