Inspired by the building's name, "The Watershed," Dirtworks explores moving water as the principal design element in this residential building. Recalling the New York City watershed, an extraordinary and complex network of reservoirs, lakes, rivers and streams, Dirtworks is developing a series of "cascading" water features from the rooftop to the street level representing "tributaries" that will flow down into the building's courtyard, the central and most visible shared space of the building.

Water is also used as a sustainable source. Harvesting rainwater will become the basis of irrigation while creating opportunities to further reinforce the use of moving water as a design element. Scuppers, splash basins, planters, holding tanks and other features expose the use and collection of storm water while reinforcing the transparent concepts that resonate from several of the building's other characteristics.

Architect: Cook + Fox Architects