This thesis intends to explore how architecture can affect people’s happiness. It seeks to design spaces that cause people to slow down and detach themselves from the roadrunner culture we live in. These spaces are created by renovating two existing public spaces in New York, and using air rights to create a new archetype which will be used as a transition space or destination. The architectural strategy is to elevate people off the ground and start creating “above” and “below” conditions. By creating multiple paths, the user’s experience becomes varied and unique based on the chosen path. With little pockets and surprises, the paths create an experiential phenomena that will transform user’s daily routines. Furthermore, the site becomes a work of public art, not only relevant to people in it, but to people from a distance.