NO.56.
Stapleton Library / Andrew Berman Architect
• Architects: Andrew Berman Architect
• Location: 132 Canal St, Staten Island, NY 10304, USA
• Architect in Charge: Andrew Berman FAIA, Dan Misri, Vinci So
• Area: 12000.0 ft2
• Project Year: 2013
• Photographs: Naho Kubota
• Manufacturers: Schüco
• Client: New York Public Library
• Structural Engineer: Gilsanz Murray Steficek
• MEP Engineers: IP Group Engineers
• Landscape Architects: Wallace, Robert & Todd
• Lighting Designers: Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design
The New York Public Library commissioned this branch library of 12,000 square feet. We restored the existing 1907 Carrere and Hastings Carnegie Library and designed a new 7,000 square foot building to be located alongside. The library is conceived as a modern public institution that will contribute to the revitalization of the Stapleton neighborhood.
The facility is an assemblage of old and new. The existing Carnegie Library was converted into the Childrens’ Reading Room. The new building, constructed of glue laminated Douglas fir posts, beams, joists and roof decking, houses books and media. The structurally glazed facade invites the public and supplies natural light. The exposed wood structure provides a sense of rhythm, scale and material richness unexpected in contemporary public buildings. A radiant heating system efficiently warms the polished concrete floors.
The new library was intended above all to be an inviting, open, and accessible public space for the community. The new library had to be on a single level, stitch new building to old, and be handicapped accessible. An open plan, easily monitored by staff, that provided strategic spatial separations between children’s areas, teen area, and adult area was desired.
Working with the sloping grade of the land, we sited the new building such that a new street entrance could be accessed from grade, without steps. Teen and adult reading and research areas are located in the new building, separated by a transparent community room. The original Carnegie Library, which is immediately accessed off the new entry, was restored true to its original design, and is now the children’s reading room.
The library is the digital hub and resource for the neighborhood, providing Wi-Fi and computer terminals for students and residents. While information is increasingly available and distributed in a digital format, we sought in this building to assert the enduring relevance and primacy of the book. As such all walls are lined with bookshelves, putting the entire collection of the library within view, and within reach, of all its patrons.
#USA , #library , #lighting , #interior_design , #interior_architecture , #landscape ,#revitalization , #extention , #renovation
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Stapleton Library / Andrew Berman Architect
• Architects: Andrew Berman Architect
• Location: 132 Canal St, Staten Island, NY 10304, USA
• Architect in Charge: Andrew Berman FAIA, Dan Misri, Vinci So
• Area: 12000.0 ft2
• Project Year: 2013
• Photographs: Naho Kubota
• Manufacturers: Schüco
• Client: New York Public Library
• Structural Engineer: Gilsanz Murray Steficek
• MEP Engineers: IP Group Engineers
• Landscape Architects: Wallace, Robert & Todd
• Lighting Designers: Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design
The New York Public Library commissioned this branch library of 12,000 square feet. We restored the existing 1907 Carrere and Hastings Carnegie Library and designed a new 7,000 square foot building to be located alongside. The library is conceived as a modern public institution that will contribute to the revitalization of the Stapleton neighborhood.
The facility is an assemblage of old and new. The existing Carnegie Library was converted into the Childrens’ Reading Room. The new building, constructed of glue laminated Douglas fir posts, beams, joists and roof decking, houses books and media. The structurally glazed facade invites the public and supplies natural light. The exposed wood structure provides a sense of rhythm, scale and material richness unexpected in contemporary public buildings. A radiant heating system efficiently warms the polished concrete floors.
The new library was intended above all to be an inviting, open, and accessible public space for the community. The new library had to be on a single level, stitch new building to old, and be handicapped accessible. An open plan, easily monitored by staff, that provided strategic spatial separations between children’s areas, teen area, and adult area was desired.
Working with the sloping grade of the land, we sited the new building such that a new street entrance could be accessed from grade, without steps. Teen and adult reading and research areas are located in the new building, separated by a transparent community room. The original Carnegie Library, which is immediately accessed off the new entry, was restored true to its original design, and is now the children’s reading room.
The library is the digital hub and resource for the neighborhood, providing Wi-Fi and computer terminals for students and residents. While information is increasingly available and distributed in a digital format, we sought in this building to assert the enduring relevance and primacy of the book. As such all walls are lined with bookshelves, putting the entire collection of the library within view, and within reach, of all its patrons.
#USA , #library , #lighting , #interior_design , #interior_architecture , #landscape ,#revitalization , #extention , #renovation
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NO.91.
Empire Stores / S9 Architecture
CLIENT: Midtown Equities, HK Organization and Rockwood Capital.
SIZE: 450 000 SF.
LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY, US
.STATUS: Built 2017.
TEAM: Architects: S9 Architecture, Studio V.
Landscape Designer: Future Green Studio.
Structural Engineer: Robert Silman Associates.
MEP Engineer: Mottola Rini Engineers.
LEED Consultant: Spiezle Architectural Group.
Lighting Consultant: Tillotson Design Associates.
AWARDS: Urban Land Institute. Awards for Excellence in Development. 2018. NYC x Design On the Boards Awards. 2017.
For over 150 years, between the iconic Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges on the Brooklyn waterfront, lay seven beautiful historic brick structures. These Civil-War-era structures were named after their use as coffee “stores” or storage warehouses, and for the epithet of a growing state: the Empire Stores.
Studio V's designs inject new life into the structures. The designs combine creative contemporary architecture with exacting historic rehabilitation, and combine overlapping uses with public spaces that reveal the inhabitants and historic structures. On top of the building’s extensive green roofs sit two-story glass and steel additions with gardens and terraces frame stunning views of the surrounding bridges. A glass and steel courtyard and passage slices through the historic structures, reconnecting the community cut off from its waterfront. The public passage reveals original sparkling schist walls, around which a spiraling steel and concrete staircase culminates in a public rooftop park revealing a stunning Manhattan Skyline. The unique design combines tech offices and public spaces with cultural and hospitality amenities to create a unique interface between work and play, public spaces and private commerce, that perfectly expresses the ethos of creative contemporary Brooklyn.
Designing an oxymoron isn’t easy: synthesizing old and new, honoring an industrial structure while reinventing it and preserving history while creating meaningful new designed to be representative of our time and culture. This is the design of Empire Stores: speaking to Brooklyn’s historic past, expressing its vibrant culture today, and pointing the way to its future.
1977
The New York Landmarks Preservation Commission designates Fulton Ferry as a historic district, protecting Empire Stores from demolition.
2013
After years of failed attempts to revitalize the deteriorating warehouse, Brooklyn Bridge Park and developers Midtown Equities announce plans for an adaptive reuse of Empire Stores. “All across the waterfront, we are reclaiming and renewing areas that have long been abandoned or neglected, and Empire Stores and the Tobacco Warehouse are the latest examples of that work,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the time.
2017
Empire Stores opens to the public with 360,000 square feet of restaurant, retail, office, and event space. The building’s historic charm is preserved with original architectural details like the iconic brick masonry and iron-shuttered façade, schist stonewalling, and, as a nod to its heritage, coffee chutes, and hoisting wheels.
#USA , #public_space , #lighting , #stair , #awards, #courtyard , #industrial , #store , #office , #public_space , #restaurant , #interior_design
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Empire Stores / S9 Architecture
CLIENT: Midtown Equities, HK Organization and Rockwood Capital.
SIZE: 450 000 SF.
LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY, US
.STATUS: Built 2017.
TEAM: Architects: S9 Architecture, Studio V.
Landscape Designer: Future Green Studio.
Structural Engineer: Robert Silman Associates.
MEP Engineer: Mottola Rini Engineers.
LEED Consultant: Spiezle Architectural Group.
Lighting Consultant: Tillotson Design Associates.
AWARDS: Urban Land Institute. Awards for Excellence in Development. 2018. NYC x Design On the Boards Awards. 2017.
For over 150 years, between the iconic Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges on the Brooklyn waterfront, lay seven beautiful historic brick structures. These Civil-War-era structures were named after their use as coffee “stores” or storage warehouses, and for the epithet of a growing state: the Empire Stores.
Studio V's designs inject new life into the structures. The designs combine creative contemporary architecture with exacting historic rehabilitation, and combine overlapping uses with public spaces that reveal the inhabitants and historic structures. On top of the building’s extensive green roofs sit two-story glass and steel additions with gardens and terraces frame stunning views of the surrounding bridges. A glass and steel courtyard and passage slices through the historic structures, reconnecting the community cut off from its waterfront. The public passage reveals original sparkling schist walls, around which a spiraling steel and concrete staircase culminates in a public rooftop park revealing a stunning Manhattan Skyline. The unique design combines tech offices and public spaces with cultural and hospitality amenities to create a unique interface between work and play, public spaces and private commerce, that perfectly expresses the ethos of creative contemporary Brooklyn.
Designing an oxymoron isn’t easy: synthesizing old and new, honoring an industrial structure while reinventing it and preserving history while creating meaningful new designed to be representative of our time and culture. This is the design of Empire Stores: speaking to Brooklyn’s historic past, expressing its vibrant culture today, and pointing the way to its future.
1977
The New York Landmarks Preservation Commission designates Fulton Ferry as a historic district, protecting Empire Stores from demolition.
2013
After years of failed attempts to revitalize the deteriorating warehouse, Brooklyn Bridge Park and developers Midtown Equities announce plans for an adaptive reuse of Empire Stores. “All across the waterfront, we are reclaiming and renewing areas that have long been abandoned or neglected, and Empire Stores and the Tobacco Warehouse are the latest examples of that work,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the time.
2017
Empire Stores opens to the public with 360,000 square feet of restaurant, retail, office, and event space. The building’s historic charm is preserved with original architectural details like the iconic brick masonry and iron-shuttered façade, schist stonewalling, and, as a nod to its heritage, coffee chutes, and hoisting wheels.
#USA , #public_space , #lighting , #stair , #awards, #courtyard , #industrial , #store , #office , #public_space , #restaurant , #interior_design
@revitalization
HIGHLIGHTS
• Electrical conduits were hidden in channels carved out of the existing plaster walls to vis-ually preserve the historic character of the building.
• Careful planning and coordination of the mechanical and electrical spaces minimized vis-ual impact to the occupied spaces.
• Exhibit thermal sensors were integrated with the central campus BAS to enable monitoring and automated alerts.
SERVICES
This adaptive reuse and renovation project turned a classroom into a flexible meeting room and gallery space. 2RW’s services included MEP design for:
• An energy-efficient HVAC system that ties in to campus utilities and features variable air volume (VAV) controls and demand control ventilation (DCV) strategies
• Micro-environment controls with humidity and temperature sensors within the sealed ex-hibit panels
• Museum-quality exhibit lighting
• Lighting controls integrated into the building automation system
• Audio visual, telecommunications, and security system conduits
RESULTS
The new HVAC systems and lighting meet 21st-century museum standards without compromis-ing the historic fabric of the building.
#USA, #hall, #interior_design, #lighting, #HVAC
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• Electrical conduits were hidden in channels carved out of the existing plaster walls to vis-ually preserve the historic character of the building.
• Careful planning and coordination of the mechanical and electrical spaces minimized vis-ual impact to the occupied spaces.
• Exhibit thermal sensors were integrated with the central campus BAS to enable monitoring and automated alerts.
SERVICES
This adaptive reuse and renovation project turned a classroom into a flexible meeting room and gallery space. 2RW’s services included MEP design for:
• An energy-efficient HVAC system that ties in to campus utilities and features variable air volume (VAV) controls and demand control ventilation (DCV) strategies
• Micro-environment controls with humidity and temperature sensors within the sealed ex-hibit panels
• Museum-quality exhibit lighting
• Lighting controls integrated into the building automation system
• Audio visual, telecommunications, and security system conduits
RESULTS
The new HVAC systems and lighting meet 21st-century museum standards without compromis-ing the historic fabric of the building.
#USA, #hall, #interior_design, #lighting, #HVAC
@revitalization