Pier 11: Arrival + Departure

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The pier is a communal public space, allowing visitors welcome access to the riverfront, its views and breezes. The building's materials include galvanized, corrugated metal, large areas of glass, and exposed structural steel, all materials functionally sympathetic to this context's construction and which are found on the working waterfront. In fair weather the building opens to the south, erasing the line between inside and out. The sweep of the hangar door facade is articulated at the ceiling with the enclosed motor, located in the public space of the waiting area, activating this erasure as a public event.