4 Teams 4 Visions: Design Approaches to the High Line Master Plan July 15, 2004

" '4 Teams 4 Visions' features never-before-seen work by four teams competing to create a master plan for the 1.5-mile-long High Line?s conversion. The visions on view will inform the ultimate selection of design team, expected later this summer. Work on the master plan is expected to begin in Fall 2004. The exhibition marks the latest and most exciting stage in a five-year-old campaign to open the High Line to the public through federal 'rails-to-trails' legislation. The City of New York endorsed the project in December 2002 and has since been working with FHL to create a public open space on the High Line and provide a vital pedestrian link between the Meat Packing District, West Chelsea, and Hell?s Kitchen/Hudson Yards. Four world-renowned design teams present visions for High Line?s to public open space: Field Operations with Diller Scofidio Renfro, Olafur Eliasson, Piet Oudolf, and Buro Happold. Zaha Hadid Architects with Balmori Associates, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, and studio MDA. Steven Holl Architects with Hargreaves Associates, and HNTB. TerraGRAM: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates with D.I.R.T. Studio and Beyer Blinder Belle. Kurt Andersen will moderate the panel discussion.