ABSTRACT
Transgressive human behavior and its relation to sonic perception serve as a lens to understand the ways people utilize and navigate the site. At various scales, identified zones territorialize the site and influence different types and degrees of criminality. Diagrammatic notations measure and map transgressive behavior with respect to frequency, direction, angle of incidence, and the transformation of acoustical identity. The ferryboat terminal is therefore understood as a spectacle, tool, and global entity within Manhattan's infrastructure, containing vibrational mechanical energy which propagates through matter as a wave. Commuters waiting in line for tickets and their interactions with the ferryboat become bodies moving through a space of attractive and repulsive forces. The visual and metaphysical connection of the boat intersecting the line of commuters is a powerful moment of contact, setting the foundation for a development of architectural space. The versatile structure of the membrane is integral to the choreography amongst the space's inhabitants, and to the project's programmatic diversity.
