Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Situ Studio has unveiled the fifth edition of Times Square’s annual Heartwalk installation – a heart-shaped “room within the city” made of salvaged Sandy debris. Inspired by the “collective experience of Hurricane Sandy and the love that binds people together during trying times,” Heartwalk begins as two weathered ribbons of wooden planks that gradually lift to form an illuminated heart enclosure in the middle of Duffy Square.

"Heartwalk draws inspiration from the collective experience of Hurricane Sandy. This project was built entirely from wooden planks salvaged from the boardwalks of The Rockaways in Queens; Long Beach, NY; Sea Girt, NJ; and Atlantic City, NJ. This website will aggregate photos taken by the many visitors that visit Heartwalk in Duffy Square between February 12th and March 8th. Take the walk, share the love and check out your photos in the gallery."

By Stiu Studio

Previous winners of the Times Square Valentine Heart Design include the firms: BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) (2012); Freecell (2011); Moorhead & Moorhead (2010); and Gage / Clemenceau Architects (2009).

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Published on: February 14, 2013
Cite: "Situ Studio and 2013 Times Square Valentine Heart" METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/situ-studio-and-2013-times-square-valentine-heart> ISSN 1139-6415
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