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2004 Design Team Selection
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In October 2004, a Steering Committee made up of representatives from the City of New York and Friends of the High Line selected the team of Field Operations (landscape architecture) and Diller Scofidio + Renfro (architecture) to begin design work on the High Line. The team was chosen out of a group of four teams, each of which included experts from the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, art, urban planning, horticulture, and numerous other relevant disciplines. The four design team finalists were each asked to present a proposed "design approach" to the High Line. Their submissions were exhibited for the public at New York City's Center for Architecture in summer 2004. These designs were not intended to be final plans but rather illustrations of the direction each team would take the project if selected.
The design team selection process ran for six months, starting in March 2004. 52 teams responded to the original Request for Qualifications. Seven teams were short-listed, and the list of seven was then narrowed to the four finalist teams. The design approaches proposed by the four finalists can be viewed below.
| Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Olafur Eliasson, Piet Oudolf, and Buro Happold |
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| Zaha Hadid Architects with Balmori Associates, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, and studio MDA |
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| Steven Holl Architects with Hargreaves Associates and HNTB |
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| TerraGRAM: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates with D.I.R.T. Studio and Beyer Blinder Belle |
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2004 COVERAGE OF THE DESIGN FINALISTS
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