In the midst of the urban center of the historic colonial city of Newark, the hustle and bustle of life brings a lively image to mind, the vision often neglecting the chaotic elements of the same sounds of life.
To respond to the noise pollution generated by social activities such as the passage of the light rail just behind the site, the music and commotion from the adjacent performance center NJPAC, and its extension project on our site, the Cooperman Center, we propose to implement water features and foliage to counteract noise pollution.
The employment of foliage in the courtyard space created by the two buildings on the site, the residential building and the Cooperman Center, will work to block and reflect excessive noise, while the water features such as the water walls in the building itself, and the flowing stream-esque and pond-like elements in the courtyard will neutralize the ambient noise in both indoors and outdoors.
Furthermore, the outdoor environment of the building, including its integrated slope will allow users to pause and contemplate their surroundings, with the implementation of erratic shapes extruding in and out of the form, and sometimes with the serenity of the neutralized plane.
