The Boathouse is located in a quiet neighborhood in uptown Manhattan, connecting to Inwood Hill Park. It was designed for the Columbia University rowing team. As we learned from the coach, the team only uses the building for training from June to December. The building remains empty for the rest of the year.

To take full advantage of the building, an additional set of programs for the public rowing club has been designed, open to the neighborhood and community. However, due to the climate conditions, the building would still remain unused in winter. Therefore, landscaping is incorporated into the building design, functioning as a substitute program. This transforms the project into a combination of a boathouse and a public landscape. The landscape follows the circulation path, connecting the top of the roof to the waterfront. It provides additional green space for the local community and serves as a compensatory program for the boathouse during the unusable season.