Detail Magazine: 5 Drafts for Manhattan 2030

Detail’s “5 Drafts for Manhattan, 2030” looks at how five young New York architecture studios were asked to imagine the city’s future. ABA’s contribution focused on something simple but often ignored: the leftover rooftop and airspace created by zoning. Instead of treating these gaps as wasted volume, we explored how they could support new forms of decentralized energy production and lightweight ecological infrastructure. Photovoltaics, planted surfaces, and other clean-energy systems become part of the everyday cityscape, stitched into what already exists.