Fowler Square
QRP’s design for this project has expanded and transformed Fowler Square into an elegant, multi-use public space close to Brooklyn Academy of Music. Funded through NYC DOT’s Public Plaza program, the project captured a parking lane and the former roadbed of Elliot Place, more than doubling the size of the plaza. An existing monument to General Fowler was relocated to create a new focus for the space, surrounded with a planter and circular granite bench. Granite pavers radiating from the monument provides a unifying treatment and a multifunctional surface accommodating pedestrian circulation and a variety of plaza programming.
New trees planted along the plaza edges enhance the sense of place and provide shade over areas of moveable seating and benches. With a subway tunnel below the site, careful study of subsurface conditions and coordination with MTA was required to locate trees and foundations for new light poles. QRP’s design included an intensive program of root trenching under plaza, which will dramatically improve growing conditions for two mature oaks within the plaza. The project involved an intensive program of public participation through workshops and outreach, as well as coordination with the Fulton Area Business Alliance and several City agencies.
Location
Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY
Client
NYC Department of Design and Construction
Role
Landscape Architect
Team
AECOM Engineers
