The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is where New Yorkers stretch their imaginations, whether cosplaying as superheroes or beholding next-generation vehicles. Now this showcase of the cutting edge is reconnecting visitors to their elemental selves. In September, the Javits Center opened a one-acre working farm and fruit orchard that should annually yield 40,000 pounds of produce, starting next year.
Both oases are located on the rooftop of the facility’s recently completed 1.2 million-square-foot expansion. That enormous design-build project incorporated the talents of TVS Architecture in partnership with Moody Nolan and WXY, of which New York–based WXY oversaw the landscape design and a 16,200-square-foot glass pavilion that bisects the rooftop into eastern and western halves. Farm operator Brooklyn Grange consulted on the project, and Stantec was the landscape architect of record.
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