February 10, 2021
The “Empty Architecture” of the COVID-19 City
Students Paul Germaine McCoy and Matthew Kohman redesigned the Trinity and United States Realty Buildings. Their project imagined the building as a space that would receive consumer items that are bought and then returned through online retail services like Amazon. Piles of discarded chairs take on a fur-like texture from a distance, McCoy says. “Design doesn’t always have to be this totally encapsulating thing, but rather something that infects the building, and then changes the way you look at it.” Credit: Paul Germaine McCoy, Matthew Kohman