The first project gave us the challenge of taking one strip of Manhattan and transforming it, through the use of paper folds only, into a city in 2030. These paper folds gave inspiration to my design and helped craft what I’ve now completed. The concept for my sliver was to create a independent marketplace that would replace the ports in lower Manhattan. Using a fish scale style paper gold, I created the basic shape for an irrigation channel that would stretch from the Hudson River to the East and have many side canals branching off in irder to stock stores and import fresh goods to the city. Around that, I used a polygonal zig-zag style paper folds to create an arch way covering the main canal. This archway would not only serve as protection from weather, but also capture light in the form of photovoltaic cells littered across the top paneling. This energy, in theory, would be enough to power all of the operations being completed inside the archway and on the banks of the canal. I had one final plan for this project, and that was to create a transportation system that stretched from one end to the other, that would not only be easily accessible, but also incredibly quick and cheap to take from one side to the other. I completed this plan in the form of thin strips wrapping around the glass paneling that signifies magnetic tracks for a train capable of existing in only a few years time. For the most part, that is the entire project and how I represented the fast field of ideas in such a simple paper model.
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