Event

Presented by the Trespa Design Centre, this presentation is the first in a new public series called Visionaries, offering a platform for an individual or architecture firm that has introduced a significant and newsworthy design concept.  The presentation is also the first-ever on the Delancy Underground project, commonly nicknamed the "LowLine," designed by architect James Ramsey of Ramsey Architecture and Design (RAAD).  For the LowLine, Ramsey has envisaged turning an abandoned trolley station beneath Delancey Street into a sci-fi-esque subterranean green park featuring innovative technology and cutting-edge design. With novel skylights and fiber-optic lighting powered by street-lined solar panels, the Delancey Underground will bring light and life deep below Manhattan.

Speaker:

James Ramsey is the principal of RAAD - Ramsey Architecture and Design. James' experience in design began at Yale University, where he won a Bates Fellowship to study cathedral design in Europe. He then went to work as a satellite engineer for NASA, where he was a part of the team that created the Pluto Fast Flyby and the Cassini satellites. After his time at NASA, James gained large firm experience at DMSAS in Washington, DC and small firm knowledge, upon relocating to New York, at the boutique outfit, Penny Yates Architects. While teaching architecture at the Parsons School of Design, James worked to put the pieces in place to start his own practice in 2004. RAAD has since built over a hundred projects, both in New York and across the country.  James Ramsey is the inventor of the Remote Skylight and the creator of the Delancey Underground, also known as the LowLine.

For more information on the project, visit DelanceyUnderground.org

For more photos from the event, visit our Flickr page.