u n d e r g r o u n d p u b l i c p a r k : d i s o r i e n t e d r e a l i t y
Disoriented reality is about transporting the user from the busy ground floor to the underground public space. This lowline also serves both the people living in the Lower East Side and the visitors because it has an additional resting amenities just like the airport lounge area (individual sitting space, storage locker, and restroom). The new lowline is a place where it opposes the reality of the world on the floor above by taking the strategy used in Bernard Tschumi’s Video Pavilion. While Tschumi created the deformation of the pavilion by tilting the whole volume, this lowline only took the envelope of the main circulation that transports the user to create the same effect. The deformation strategy is also being continued in some of the zones in the lowline to create an artificial-like public space that will take the user’s mind away from the reality.