. Timelapse by Myles Zhang To hear my interview about this jail and exhibit, please listen to this podcast from Pod & Market. . Since 1971, the… Read more “Curator’s Self-Reflection”
Author: Myles Zhang
Materials + Technology | Gabriela Figuereo
Culture Quarry is an exhibition of partial reconstructions—made entirely of discarded items, concrete, and wire mesh—of the buildings on the Essex County Jail site. Culture Quarry Culture… Read more “Materials + Technology | Gabriela Figuereo”
Materials + Technology | Rob Kesack
The objective was to produce a viable for-profit business scenario which could retain the integrity of the site and Newark’s industrial heritage. . Brewery Newark was once… Read more “Materials + Technology | Rob Kesack”
Community Hubs | Daniella Zamora
As the first jail in Newark, it can become a vessel in which we can talk about the problematics of incarceration and also shed light on the… Read more “Community Hubs | Daniella Zamora”
Community Hubs | Madeline Berry
I chose to interpret the site based on three major themes: interactivity, access, and decay. These themes led me to propose to transform the jail into a… Read more “Community Hubs | Madeline Berry”
Housing | Myron Wang
Student Housing With the addition of the West and North Wings to the original cellblock in the 1890s, the Essex County Jail took on a pinwheel configuration,… Read more “Housing | Myron Wang”
Housing | Qianye Yu
Hostel I propose to convert the jail into a hostel to serve young travelers, exchange students, or visiting scholars and athletes. My strategy is to consolidate and… Read more “Housing | Qianye Yu”
Social History | Shreya Ghoshal
My proposal is a park space that integrates the original jail’s physical fabric with a proposed new circulation path that hovers above the overgrown grasses, wildflowers, and… Read more “Social History | Shreya Ghoshal”
Social History | Maura Whang
The goal is to make a fresh case for the jail’s significance, and potentially set a new ball in motion for its preservation. Public Exhibition Up until… Read more “Social History | Maura Whang”
Institutional Reuse | Xianqi Fan
Science and Technology Museum Considering its location within the University Heights Science & Technology Park, I propose to repurpose the jail as a science and technology museum.… Read more “Institutional Reuse | Xianqi Fan”
Institutional Reuse | Shivali Gaikwad
Through this intervention, I’ve tried to preserve the historical skeleton of the jail site while adding new functions that allows the university community, neighboring residents, visitors, and… Read more “Institutional Reuse | Shivali Gaikwad”
Institutional Reuse | Janine Lang
Because of its location on the edge of both residential and institutional zones, the old Essex County Jail is well situated to serve as a hinge point… Read more “Institutional Reuse | Janine Lang”
Professors’ Introduction
In Spring 2018, architects Belmont Freeman and Bryony Roberts led a Studio II class as part of the Historic Preservation Program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of… Read more “Professors’ Introduction”