Co-Owner: Mandi Fung
Pratt Institute Critic: Dragana Zoric

Camping is typically an outdoor recreational activity where the participant (the camper) takes themselves out of the environment they are accustomed to. We are proposing that water campers will take themselves both out of the grounded environment by bringing them on to the waterfront as well as taking campers out of their known urban environment by experiencing it in a new way. Campers can stay in floating mobile tents, serving as campsites, where they can be surrounded on all sides by water.

The project is sited on the South Street Seaport at Pier 16. However, it is to be understood as part of a larger network of campgrounds located along the East River. Campers can move between sites and through this movement can experience the edges of the river and the city. Read Less