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An elevated laminated glass aquarium envelopes the ruins offering transparency, insulation, silence and preservation. This biogarden is a dynamic buffer-zone, open for water ballet or a swim through crenellations like ruins in a fishtank.

Drawing back the acoustic panels in the auditorium reveals dream-like refracted views of the NY skyline filtered through submerged ruins.

The flytower serves also the amphitheater on the south, flanked either side by glazed corridors. Studios with apartments atop open into this arcade allowing artists to hawk their wares. The gallery terminates at the highest point of the landscape, crowned by the community black box theater. A geothermal loop naturally heats/ cools and conditions. Frozen in time, waterborne ruins will remain suspended dreamlike above.

Luke's first vision was for an iconic floating glass aquarium, encompassing (and thereby fetishizing) the ruins. He did research in geothermal energy, aquarium technology, waterproof mortars and historical preservation for his entry.