Dan Barasch: A park underneath the hustle and bustle of New York City

Prevoditelj: Sanda L Recezent: Dunja Knežević

My dream is to build the world's first

Moj san je izgraditi prvi svjetski

underground park in New York City.

podzemni park u New Yorku.

Now, why would someone want to build an underground park,

Zašto bi netko želio izgraditi podzemni park

and why in New York City?

i zašto u New Yorku?

Ova tri žilava klinca su,

These three tough little buggers

are, on the left, my grandmother, age five,

slijeva, moja baka kad joj je bilo pet godina

and then her sister and brother,

te njezina sestra i brat,

u dobi od 11 i 9 godina.

ages 11 and nine.

This photo was taken just before they left

Ova fotografija je snimljena neposredno prije

from Italy to immigrate to the United States,

nego što su emigrirali iz Italije u SAD,

just about a century ago.

prije jednog stoljeća.

And like many immigrants at the time,

I kao mnogo imigranata tada,

they arrived on the Lower East Side

stigli su na Lower East Side

u New York City

in New York City

and they encountered a crazy melting pot.

i zatekli mahnito stapanje kultura.

Kod te generacije je predivno

What was amazing about their generation

was that they were not only building new lives

to što oni nisu samo iznova gradili svoje živote

in this new, unfamiliar area,

u ovoj novoj, nepoznatoj sredini,

but they were also literally building the city.

već su i doslovno izgrađivali grad.

I've always been fascinated by those decades

Oduvijek su me fascinirala ta desetljeća

and by that history,

i ta povijest,

and I would often beg my grandmother

te bih često molio baku

to tell me as many stories as possible

da mi ispriča što više priča

about the old New York.

o starom New Yorku.

But she would often just shrug it off,

Ali ona bi samo slegnula ramenima,

rekla mi da pojedem još ćufta, još tjestenine

tell me to eat more meatballs, more pasta,

and so I very rarely got

i tako sam rijetko slušao

any of the history that I wanted to hear about.

bilo što o povijesti o kojoj sam želio slušati.

The New York City that I encountered

New York koji sam zatekao

felt pretty built up.

izgledao je prilično izgrađeno.

I always knew as a kid that I wanted

Znao sam još od malena da želim

to make a difference, and to somehow

ostaviti trag i nekako

make the world more beautiful, more interesting

učiniti svijet ljepšim, zanimljivijim

and more just.

i pravednijim.

I just didn't really know how.

Samo što zaista nisam znao kako.

At first, I thought I wanted to go work abroad,

Prvo sam želio raditi u inozemstvu

so I took a job with UNICEF in Kenya.

pa sam prihvatio posao pri UNICEF-u u Keniji.

But it felt weird to me that I knew more about

Ali, bilo mi je čudno bolje poznavati

local Kenyan politics than the politics of my own hometown.

lokalnu politiku Kenije, nego politiku svog rodnog grada.

Zaposlio sam se u uredu grada New Yorka,

I took a job with the City of New York,

ali vrlo brzo me isfrustrirala

but very quickly felt frustrated

with the slowness of government bureaucracy.

sporost državne birokracije.

I even took a job at Google,

Čak sam radio i u Googleu,

gdje sam se brzo uklopio u sredinu

where very fast I drank the Kool-Aid

i gotovo svesrdno vjerovao,

and believed almost wholeheartedly

that technology could solve all social problems.

da tehnologija može riješiti sve društvene probleme.

But I still didn't feel like I was making the world a better place.

Ali i dalje nisam imao osjećaj da mijenjam svijet na bolje.

It was in 2009 that my friend

2009. godine, moj prijatelj,

and now business partner James Ramsey

sada i poslovni partner, James Ramsey

alerted me to the location of a pretty spectacular site,

skrenuo mi je pažnju na lokaciju jednog spektakularnog mjesta,

which is this.

to je ovo mjesto.

This is the former trolley terminal

Ovo je nekadašnje tramvajsko okretište

i bilo je mjesto za putnike

that was the depot for passengers

traveling over the Williamsburg Bridge

koji su prelazili most Williamsburg

from Brooklyn to Manhattan,

iz Brooklyna prema Manhattanu,

and it was open between 1908 and 1948,

te je bio otvoren između 1908. i 1948,

just around the time when my grandparents were

baš u vrijeme kada su moji baka i djed

živjeli u toj sredini.

living right in the area.

And we learned also that the site

Saznali smo i da je mjesto

was entirely abandoned in 1948.

u potpunosti napušteno 1948.

Fascinated by this discovery,

Fascinirani ovim otkrićem,

we begged the authorities to draw us into the space,

zamolili smo vlasti da nas puste unutar tog prostora,

and we finally got a tour,

otišli smo u obilazak

and this is what we saw.

i evo što smo vidjeli.

Now, this photo doesn't really do it justice.

Ova fotografija nije vjeran prikaz.

It's kind of hard to imagine the unbelievably magical

Teško je zamisliti taj nevjerojatno magičan osjećaj

feeling that you have when you get in this space.

koje imate dok ste unutra.

To je neiskorišteno zemljište veličine nogometnog terena,

It's a football field of unused land

immediately below a very crowded area of the city,

odmah ispod vrlo naseljenog dijela grada,

and it almost feels like you're Indiana Jones

imate osjećaj kao da ste Indiana Jones

on an archaeological dig,

na arheološkoj iskopini,

a svi detalji su još tu.

and all the details are all still there.

It's really pretty remarkable.

Zaista je vrlo upečatljivo.

Now, the site itself is located at the very heart

Sam prostor smješten je u samom srcu

of the Lower East Side,

Lower East Sidea

and today it still remains one of the most

i danas je i dalje jedan

crowded neighborhoods in the city.

od najgušće naseljenih dijelova grada.

New York City has two thirds the green space

New York ima dvije trećine zelene površine

per resident as other big cities,

po stanovniku, u odnosu na druge velike gradove,

and this neighborhood as one tenth the green space.

a ova četvrt ima jednu desetinu zelenog prostora.

So we immediately started thinking about how we

Zato smo odmah počeli razmišljati

could take this site and turn it into something

kako ovaj prostor pretvoriti u nešto

that could be used for the public,

korisno za javnost,

ali da, po mogućnosti, ima i zelenila.

but also could potentially even be green.

Our plan, in a nutshell,

Naš je plan, ukratko,

is to draw natural sunlight underground

dovesti sunčevu svjetlost pod zemlju,

using a simple system that harvests sunlight above the street,

koristeći jednostavan sustav koji bi sakupljao svjetlost na površini,

directs it below the city sidewalks,

preusmjeravao je ispod gradskih pločnika

and would allow plants and trees to grow

i tako omogućio rast biljkama i drveću

with the light that's directed underneath.

pomoću svjetlosti preusmjerene u podzemlje.

With this approach, you could take a site

Ovim pristupom, možete uzeti prostor

that looks like this today

koji danas izgleda ovako

and transform it into something

i pretvoriti ga u nešto

that looks like this.

što izgleda ovako.

In 2011, we first released some of these images,

2011. godine objavili smo neke od ovih slika

and what was funny was,

i bilo je zanimljivo

koliko ljudi nam je reklo: "Oh, izgleda

a lot of people said to us, "Oh, it kind of looks

like the High Line underground."

kao podzemni High Line."

And so what our nickname ended up becoming,

Tako smo dobili nadimak,

and what ended up sticking,

koji smo na kraju i zadržali,

was the Lowline, so the Lowline was born.

Lowline, tako je rođen Lowline.

What was also clear was that people really wanted

Bilo je jasno i da ljudi zaista žele

to know a lot more about how the technology

znati mnogo više o tehnologiji,

would look and feel,

njenom izgledu i dojmu,

and that there was really much more interest in this

i interes za ovo je bio veći,

than we had ever thought possible.

nego što bismo i pomislili da je moguće.

So, like a crazy person, I decided to quit my job

Stoga sam, poput luđaka, odlučio napustiti posao

and focus entirely on this project.

i u potpunosti se posvetiti ovom projektu.

Here is us with our team

Ovdje smo mi s našim timom,

putting together a technology demonstration

pripremajući prezentaciju tehnologije

u skladištu.

in a warehouse.

Ovo je unutrašnjost ove solarne kupole,

Here's the underbelly of this solar canopy

which we built to show the technology.

koju smo sagradili kako bismo pokazali tehnologiju.

You can see the six solar collectors at the center there.

U središtu možete vidjeti šest solarnih kolektora.

And here's the full exhibit all put together

A ovdje je cjelokupni izložak,

sastavljen u tom skladištu.

in this warehouse.

You can see the solar canopy overhead,

Možete vidjeti solarnu kupolu iznad,

the light streaming in,

svjetlost kako ulazi

and this entirely live green space below.

i ovaj, u potpunosti zeleni prostor ispod.

So in the course of just a few weeks,

Za samo nekoliko tjedana,

tens of thousands of people came to see our exhibit,

deseci tisuća ljudi došli su vidjeti naš izložak

and since that time, we've grown

i od tada je došlo do porasta

our numbers of supporters both locally

među našim sljedbenicima, kako lokalno,

tako i među dizajnerskim entuzijastima diljem svijeta.

and among design enthusiasts all over the world.

Here's a rendering of the neighborhood

Ovo je prikaz četvrti

just immediately above the Line's site,

odmah iznad lokacije Line,

and a rendering of how it will look

prikaz toga kako će izgledati

after major redevelopment that is coming

nakon velikog renoviranja koje se sprema

over the course of the next 10 years.

u narednih deset godina.

Notice how crowded the neighborhood still feels

Vidite da četvrt i dalje izgleda natrpano

and how there's really a lack of green space.

i kako zaista nedostaju zelene površine.

So what we're proposing is really something that will

Mi predlažemo nešto što će zaista

add one football field of green space

dodati zelenu površinu veličine nogometnog terena

underneath this neighborhood, but more importantly

ispod ove četvrti, no, još važnije je

što će skrenuti pažnju na zajednicu

will introduce a really community-driven focus

in a rapidly gentrifying area.

u području koje se ubrzano poboljšava.

And right now, we're focusing very closely

Trenutno smo usredotočeni na to

on how we engage with the City of New York

kako potaknuti grad New York

da zaista dođe do promjene cjelokupnog ekosustava

on really transforming the overall ecosystem

in an integrated way.

na integrirani način.

Here's our rendering of how we would actually

Ovo je naš prikaz toga kako ćemo,

invite people into the space itself.

zapravo, privući ljude u sami prostor.

So here you see this iconic entrance

Ovdje vidite ulaz,

in which we would literally peel up the street

gde ćemo doslovno otkriti ulicu

and reveal the historical layers of the city,

i pokazati povijesne slojeve grada

and invite people into this warm underground space.

i pozvati ljude u ovaj topli, podzemni prostor.

In the middle of winter, when it's absolutely freezing outside,

Usred zime, kada je ledeno hladno,

zadnje mjesto gdje biste otišli

the last place you'd want to go would be

an outdoor space or outdoor park.

bio bi vanjski prostor ili park.

The Lowline would really be a four-season space

Lowline bi zaista bio mjesto za sva godišnja doba

and a respite for the city.

i gradska zona za predah.

Stoga volim misliti kako Lowline, zapravo,

So I like to think that the Lowline actually brings

my own family's story full circle.

zaokružuje priču moje obitelji.

If my grandparents and my parents were really

Ako su moji baka i djed i moji roditelji

focused on building the city up and out,

zaista bili usredotočeni na građenje i proširenje grada,

I think my generation is focused on reclaiming

mislim da je moja generacija usmjerena

the spaces that we already have,

na vraćanje prostora kojeg već imamo,

rediscovering our shared history,

na ponovno otkrivanje zajedničke povijesti

and reimagining how we can make our communities

i na ponovno osmišljavanje kako našu zajednicu učiniti

more interesting, more beautiful and more just.

zanimljivijom, ljepšom i pravednijom.

Thanks.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)