Description: Victoria Meyers architect designs cities, green urban places, sustainable buildings, sound spaces, and objects. Meyers has been the lead designer for her firm, hMa, and has experience designing green cities, public buildings with LEED certification, and award-winning houses. Meyers has received numerous awards for her work, including Awards from the American Institute of Architects NY Chapter, SARA Awards, American Woods Design Awards, Progressive Architecture Design Awards, and the AIA NY State Chapter.
architecture (13145) urban design (412) green urbanism (3) sound architecture (2) architectural space (2) contemporary minimalism (2) ecological urbanism design with light sound urbanism
hMa and the architecture of sound, water, + movement: DWi-P
hMa’s DWi-P (Digital Water i-Pavilion) is a new community center at Battery Park City across West Street from the World Trade Center Memorial site. hMa hired New York composer M.J. Schumacher to create a digital sound interpretation of water. hMa developed a digital interprentation of the score, and this image is etched on the building’s glass façade.
DWi-P supports the pedestrian life of Lower Manhattan through sound and movement. DWi-P offers the sound of WaTER, supported by stairs, walkways, and ramps through a transparent community building that welcomes Lower Manhattan visitors to Battery Park City. Sound and a green roof permeated by stairs, ramps and walkways, link the Battery Park City Ballfields to North End Avenue through DWi-P’s WaTER façade: a unique digital artwork, activated through cellphone technologies.