FF – Distance Edition: HECTOR
An online visit with the Newark-based urban design and civic arts practice.
November 14, 2022
Recorded on October 14, 2022.
The League’s FF – Distance Edition events are informal online studio visits offering a behind-the-scenes look at leading design practices.
In this video, Jae Shin and Damon Rich, founders and principals of HECTOR give an in-depth look into two of the firm’s projects:
- Newark Riverfront Park, a series of public spaces along the Passaic River with routed-steel narrative railings, a dancing pavilion, and an orange recycled-PVC boardwalk
- Reconstruction of Mifflin Square Park, a 130-year-old South Philadelphia square
The presentation is followed by a conversation with Liza Fior, founding partner of muf architecture/art, which touches on embracing bureaucracy, making people talk about their interests instead of their positions, and using drawings as negotiation tables.
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