When architect Vishaan Chakrabartithinksaboutgood design, he imagines kidsplaying together outside on a playground.
Not just any playground – but the one at the re-designed Domino SugarFactory,on Brooklyn’s waterfront in New York City.It re-opened in the fall of 2023.The transformation of the 19thcentury refinery into a 15-story office building cost $2.5 billion.
That playground isleft out of most of the articles that marvel at the project’s innovative, sustainable engineering. But even so,itslead architect thinks most about that playground outside.
He joins us to talk about priorities of design, communal joy, and his new book.
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