Architect, Exhibit Design, Landscape Architecture: The Portico Group
Interpretive Designer: Wildlife Conservation Society
Shimmer Wall Artist: Ned Kahn Studios
Environmental Graphics: Doyle Partners
Civil Engineer: Leonard J. Strandberg & Assoc.
M/E/P: Kallen & Lemelson Consulting Engineers
Lighting Consultant: Focus Lighting
A/V – IT Consultant: Unified Field with Electrosonic and AKF
Structural Engineer: MLA Engineering PLLC
Life Support Engineer: TPJ Engineering
Please contact Edelman Sultan Knox Wood / Architects for a full list of consultants. :
New Child Care Center
New Heights Academy Charter School
Bronx Community Charter School
O’Dwyer Gardens Community Center
Highbridge Gardens Community Center
P.S. 63 / Neighborhood School Library
Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
Eco Restroom - Bronx River Comfort Station
African Wild Dogs Exhibit and Holding Facility
St. Mark’s Church In-The-Bowery
St. Mark’s Church - Rectory
St. Mark’s Church - Graveyards
As Associate Architect and Architect of Record for the base building, ESKW/A is working closely with The Portico Group in Seattle on the new shark exhibit at the New York Aquarium on Coney Island. This approximately 50,000 SF new building is an initial component of New York City's revitalization plan for the historic seaside neighborhood and will house more than 100 species of marine animals. One of the projects many challenges is the execution of artist Ned Kahn's 'shimmer wall' of more than 40,000 free swinging aluminum flappers that wrap the building on a tension cable structure and move gently with the wind. A continuously curving ramp along the building's perimeter leads to an observation point on the roof and a view of the Atlantic Ocean not previously available to the aquarium visitor. Ocean Wonders: Sharks! will be completed in 2015.