The ribbon cutting ceremony for the new NYPD 40th Precinct was held in the Melrose neighborhood of the South Bronx, New York, with speeches by NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, DDC Commissioner Thomas Foley, BIG’s Founder and Creative Director Bjarke Ingels, and more. The ground-up project, designed by BIG, features the first-ever community event space to be at an NYPD facility, as well as multiple green roofs and dedicated areas for fitness and training for officers. From the outside, the new precinct resembles a stack of bricks, referencing the rusticated bases of early NYC police stations. The form of the building is derived from its programmatic requirements, where individual volumes contain specific elements of the program as outlined by the NYPD and local residents. “I hope this structure will help make the 40th Precinct a safer and more welcoming place—both for the community and for the men and women who work to keep it safe.” – Bjarke Ingels, Founder and Creative Director, BIG
