Category Archives: VISUAL STATEMENT

THE BIOSWALE SYSTEM The system of bioswales along the main streets and avenues allows to gather and filter the stormwater. It permits as well to mitigate the ground impermeabilization and to avoid the water stagnation on the side of the … Continue reading →

INFRASTRUCTURAL NARRATIVE The land where Secaucus lies was purchased in 18th century by the dutch coloners, who established their houses where the plank road connecting Hoboken to Paterson was being built. Its trace was a former Indian trail connecting the Hudson … Continue reading →

A STORY ABOUT EXPLOITATION The first dutch settlement of what will be called Sikakes lied on a ridge emerging from the surrounding tidal marsh. The former name came from two Algonquian words; seke or sukit, meaning black; achgook, meaning snakes … Continue reading →