Peek inside the concrete crystal that serves as one of the Department of Sanitation’s over 40 deicing salt storage sites distributed throughout the City for response to winter storm events. The Spring Street Salt Shed embraces the challenge of storing 5,000 tons of road salt within the community it serves, while sparking curiosity through its form and fostering dialogue on the essential services that keep the City running.

Learn about how the faceted form of the building evolved through the design process, why the roof is pitched at 32 degrees, and how the naturally corrosive contents informed the structural and material choices! Tours are be led by Dattner Architects and WXY who collaborated together during schematic design of the Salt Shed.

Check out Dattner's work here.

See WXY Studio's work here.