Structural work is nearing completion on Domino Square, a one-acre park at 320 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Studio Cadena and developed by Two Trees, the new public space is envisioned as a flexible outdoor venue for farmers’ markets, community gatherings, summer movie nights, arts and cultural performances, and seasonal ice skating. 316 Kent Construction is the general contractor for the project, which is positioned between The Refinery at Domino to the north, Selldorf Architect’s two-tower One Domino Square residential complex to the south, Kent Avenue to the east, and River Street to the west. James Corner Field Operations is the landscape designer.
Recent photographs show the look of the reinforced concrete pavilion, which features curving ADA-accessible seating facing the East River surrounded by a series of sloped triangular surfaces that will eventually be topped with shrubbery and trees. These angular planters will incorporate irrigation systems that will allow them to function like green roofs. All that remains to be constructed are the garden beds that will frame the western edge of the elliptical plaza, as seen in the above rendering.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
A cable netting system stretches above the expansive oval-shaped platform along River Street.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Below are several aerial photographs of the construction site taken from The Refinery in late September.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The following renderings preview the activation of Domino Square in the summer and winter.
Rendering courtesy of Two Trees.
Rendering courtesy of Two Trees.
The nearest subways from the park are the J, M, and Z trains at the Marcy Avenue station to the east over Broadway.
Domino Square’s anticipated completion date is slated for this summer, as noted on site.
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Architecture with an ‘A’
My computer isn’t broken what I thought matched what I saw, navigating the oval shape or triangular shape to be used in construction. This is design for urban communities: Thanks to Michael Young.
What’s the construction timeline for the last tower? Anyone know?
Haven’t even seen a proposal so cant imagine youre getting anything before 2030
Hopefully they seal that rusticated concrete before it’s get tagged.
I’m pretty sure that Domino Square will hire security guards to patrol the area, making it graffiti free.
Amazing development
Reparations need to be paid to the indigenous inhabitants of Kent Avenue in Williamsburg for this ongoing sacrilege! No, I don’t mean the Lenape native tribe of yore, whose land this was originally. I mean the displaced hookers, homeless, druggies & various lively denizens of the night, who used to celebrate & inhabit the forsaken & abandoned warehouses along the Kent Avenue Williamsburg waterfront a generation ago. You call this progress? And to be a bit more serious, I didn’t even mention those Williamsburg residents with life-long roots in the community, who were forced out with the equivalent of “smallpox infected blankets”, as they saw their rents rise beyond any affordability – fueled by unmitigated greed. p.s. This is not meant demean the often legitimate cries for redress & reparations, either for stolen native lines & lands, or for stolen lives & generational wealth under years of government sanctioned slavery. Unfortunately, we often view some people as less than human, as “the other”, as useful scapegoats, whether they be migrants or muslims, or so-called native “savages”, or slaves who were Constitutionally-enshrined as “3/5ths of a man” by our Founding Fathers ….or the all-too-many people simply struggling to live on the edges of our abundant society.
Are you implying “the displaced hookers, homeless, druggies & various lively denizens of the night” have any equity in the appreciation of Williamsburg neighborhood…? or are you just being sarcastic
This is great Two Trees does it again.