Construction Update: DSNY Brooklyn District 3 Garage
Facade installation is ongoing at the Brooklyn District 3 Garage in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by Dattner Architects, the 250,000 square foot facility will provide multi-functional spaces for storage, staff offices, repair, maintenance, and parking for employees and departmental vehicles. The facade is clad with over 175 vertically oriented exposed precast concrete panels and three-dimensional faceted precast panels with alternating window wall panels.
Architect: Dattner Architects; Client: DSNY; Program: Parking, Maintenance, Repair, Offices; Location: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: Columbia University Manhattanville Campus
Southeast corner of the University Forum from Broadway.
Construction continues at Columbia University's new Manhattanville campus. When fully completed, the campus will occupy more than 17 acres in the Manhattanville neighborhood, a few blocks north of the main campus. Renzo Piano Building Workshop, led by Pritzker Prize winner Renzo Piano, has worked with SOM on the master plan for the campus and led the design of the three phase one buildings now completed.
University Forum and Academic Conference Center
Construction has wrapped up at the University Forum and Academic Conference Center, the third Renzo Piano designed building in Columbia University's master plan for the Manhattanville campus. Located south of the Jerome L. Greene Science Center, the Forum houses a 400-seat auditorium and state-of-the-art seminar and meeting rooms inside a five-story structure. The steel structure is clad with precast concrete panels and glass.
Northeast corner of the University Forum.
Columbia Business School
Construction is ongoing at the new home for the Columbia Business School, The Ronald O. Perelman Center for Business Innovation and the Henry R. Kravis Building located on a site to the north of the first phase buildings. The program includes two building by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXCollaborative and associate architects AARRIS ATEPA Architects, both looking onto a central open space designed by James Corner Field Operations.
Looking northeast towards the Business School (left), the Center for the Art (right), and the Science Center (far right).
Western edge of the Business School site.
Looking southeast towards the Business School (foreground), the Center for the Art (left), and the Science Center (far left).
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Davis Brody Bond LLP (Science Center and Center for the Arts), RPBW with Dattner Architects (Academic Conference Center), Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXCollaborative and AARRIS ATEPA Architects (Business School), SOM (Master Plan); Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2017 (Science Center and Center for the Arts), 2018 (Academic Conference Center), 2021 (Business School).
Construction Update: Columbia University Manhattanville Campus
Southeast corner of the University Forum from Broadway.
Construction continues at Columbia University's new Manhattanville campus. When fully completed, the campus will occupy more than 17 acres in the Manhattanville neighborhood, a few blocks north of the main campus. Renzo Piano Building Workshop, led by Pritzker Prize winner Renzo Piano, has worked with SOM on the master plan for the campus and led design on the three phase one buildings currently underway.
University Forum and Academic Conference Center
Facade installation is wrapping up at the University Forum and Academic Conference Center, the third Renzo Piano designed building in Columbia University's master plan for the Manhattanville campus. Located south of the Jerome L. Greene Science Center, it will house a 400-seat auditorium and state-of-the-art seminar and meeting rooms inside a five-story structure. The steel structure is clad with precast concrete panels and glass.
Precast concrete facade close-up.
Glass curtain wall facade close-up.
Northeast corner of the University Forum from Broadway.
Northeast corner of the University Forum.
Columbia Business School
Construction has started on the new home for the Columbia Business School, The Ronald O. Perelman Center for Business Innovation and the Henry R. Kravis Building located on a site to the north of the first phase buildings. The program includes two building by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXCollaborative and associate architects AARRIS ATEPA Architects, both looking onto a central open space designed by James Corner Field Operations.
Looking northeast towards the Business School (left), the Center for the Art (right), and the Science Center (far right).
Southwest corner of the Business School site.
Northwest corner of the Business School site.
Looking southeast towards the Business School (foreground), the Center for the Art (left), and the Science Center (far left).
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Davis Brody Bond LLP (Science Center and Center for the Arts), RPBW with Dattner Architects (Academic Conference Center), Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXCollaborative and AARRIS ATEPA Architects (Business School), SOM (Master Plan); Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2017 (Science Center and Center for the Arts), 2018 (Academic Conference Center), 2021 (Business School).
Construction Update: Columbia University Manhattanville Campus
Looking northeast towards the Center for the Arts (left), the Science Center (center), and the Academic Conference Center (right).
Construction has wrapped up on two of three buildings at Columbia University's new Manhattanville campus. When fully completed, the campus will occupy more than 17 acres in the Manhattanville neighborhood, a few blocks north of the main campus. Renzo Piano Building Workshop, led by Pritzker Prize winner Renzo Piano, has worked with SOM on the master plan for the campus and led design on the three phase one buildings currently underway.
Lenfest Center for the Arts
The newly completed Lenfest Center for the Arts, designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW), sits to the west of the Science Center and houses the Miriam and Ira Wallach Art Gallery along with performance spaces, a screening room, and offices in an eight-story structure. A unitized panel system of white metal and glass clads the exterior, a similar look to the firm's Whitney Museum at the High Line.
South facade of the Center for the Arts.
Lobby.
Elevator cab.
Art gallery.
Art gallery.
Art gallery ceiling.
Jerome L. Greene Science Center
The 9-story, 450,000 square-foot Science Center will bring together researchers from across the University including the Columbia University Medical Center, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. The ground floor will house the Center for Education and Outreach, a public education center focused on brain science that will serve the general public and K-12 schools.
Science Center facade close-up.
Southeast corner of the Science Center from Broadway.
Looking up at the east facade of the Science Center from Broadway.
Academic Conference Center
Facade installation is underway at the third RPBW building in Columbia University's master plan for the Manhattanville campus, the Academic Conference Center. Located south of the Science Center, it will house a 400-seat auditorium and state-of-the-art seminar and meeting rooms inside a five-story structure. The steel structure will be clad with precast concrete panels and glass.
South façade of the Academic Conference Center.
Southeast corner of the Academic Conference Center from Broadway.
East facade of the Academic Conference Center from Broadway.
Northeast corner of the Academic Conference Center from Broadway.
Close-up of the facade cladding of the Academic Conference Center at the northeast corner.
Precast concrete panels cladding the east facade of the Academic Conference Center.
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Davis Brody Bond LLP (Science Center and Center for the Arts), RPBW with Dattner Architects (Academic Conference Center); Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2017 (Science Center and Center for the Arts), 2018 (Academic Conference Center).
Construction Update: Essex Crossing
After mostly sitting vacant since 1967, a six acre area of the Lower East Side has begun it's transformation into a mixed use development with nine building sites. Now known as Essex Crossing, the $1 billion development will include residential, office, retail, cultural and community space. The mega development is overseen by a joint venture of L+M Development Partners, BFC Partners, and Taconic Investment Partners, and Goldman Sachs.
242 Broome
Included in the first phase of construction is the 14-story, 55-unit condo tower from SHoP Architects. The project is located on site 1 at the corner of Broome and Ludlow Street, anchoring the western edge of the development. Massing for the tower follows a typical podium and setback tower strategy, creating a sixth story outdoor terrace. The tower slopes inward at the southwest corner, opening up the terrace to more light and views.
Looking up at the south facade from Broome Street.
Installation is wrapping up on the bronze-toned metal panel and glass curtain wall that clads the exterior. The design features faceted metal panels that frame the glass openings. At the podium, the metal panel spandrels covering the floor slabs create deep overhangs on the west facade as the form of the building torques at the southwest corner.
Close-up of the curtain wall panels on the south façade.
Condo units range from one-to-three-bedrooms, with 11 of the 55 units set aside under the city's affordable housing program. Residences will feature open concept kitchen and living spaces with typical ceiling heights of 10 feet in the living spaces.
Looking up at the west facade from Ludlow Street.
Southwest corner of the tower.
Close-up of the façade of the podium at the southwest corner.
Northeast corner from Delancey Street.
115 Delancey Street
Site 2 features a 24-story tower with a five-story podium that will houses part of the Essex Street Market. Designed by Handel Architects, the mixed-use tower is the largest project in the 9-site mega development. Along with the market space and 195 rental units, half of which will fall under the affordable housing program, the tower will also house a 14-screen movie theater, an urban farm on the podium roof, and amenities for the residents. Currently, the steel superstructure for the podium is complete and installation of the bronze-toned metal panels has begun on the west façade.
Northwest corner from Delancey Street.
Close-up of the metal façade panels.
Southwest corner from Broome Street.
Fireproofing the steel for the Essex Street Market space.
East façade from Broome Street.
Northeast corner from Delancey Street.
145 Clinton Street
Construction scaffolding is beginning to come down at site five, a 15-story rental tower from Beyer Blinder Belle. The brick and metal panel clad building will also house a supermarket and a public school, with a West 8 designed park located along the site's northern boundary.
Southeast corner from Grand Street.
Close-up of the west façade, with construction scaffolding.
Upper floors of the west façade.
175 Delancey Street
At the eastern boundary of the mega project, site six features a 14-story, brick-and-punched window rental tower from Dattner Architects. All 99 units are set aside as affordable housing for seniors, and the podium will house a new NYU Langone medical center and a senior center operated by the Grand Street Settlement.
Northwest corner from Delancey Street.
Close-up of the northwest façade.
North façade from Delancey Street.
South façade from Clinton Street.
Close-up of the south façade.
Developers: Delancey Street Associates (Taconic Investment Partners LLC, L+M Development Partners, BFC Partners, Goldman Sachs); Location: Essex Crossing, Lower East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Spring Street Salt Shed
Dattner Architects and WXY's Spring Street Salt Shed had its first real test this past weekend, helping to dig out from New York City's second largest snowfall on record.
The onslaught of snow storm Jonas, New York City's second largest snowfall on record, brought the first real test for the city's new salt shed at Spring Street and the West Side Highway. Designed by Dattner Architects and WXY Architecture + Urban Design, the faceted concrete salt shed houses 4,000 tons of salt to combat the wintry precipitation. The form tapers towards the bottom, with glass pavers and lights installed along the periphery for dramatic uplighting of the structure at night. Entry gates along the Spring and Canal Street access points feature the "DSNY" identifier rendered in twisted vertical metal pickets, providing a graceful touch of design to what is often mundanely treated.
As a companion piece with the recently opened sanitation garage, the salt shed serves as a contemporary precedent for how urban infrastructure can serve to echo the values and aspirations of a city's architectural character.
Sanitation trucks head into the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage after a long day of plowing the aftermath of snow storm Jonas.
Looking south along the West Side Highway towards the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage (left) and the Spring Street Salt Shed (right).
The Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage (left) and the Spring Street Salt Shed (right).
The Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage (left) and the Spring Street Salt Shed (right).
Looking north along the West Side Highway towards the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage (left) and the Spring Street Salt Shed (right).
Southeast corner of the Spring Street Salt Shed.
Southeast corner of the Spring Street Salt Shed.
East facade of the Spring Street Salt Shed.
Close up of the sidewalk uplighting.
North facade of the Spring Street Salt Shed.
Northeast corner of the Spring Street Salt Shed.
Northeast corner of the Spring Street Salt Shed.
Looking west along Spring Street towards the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage (right) and the Spring Street Salt Shed (left).
Architect: Dattner Architects and WXY Architecture + Urban Design; Client: New York City Department of Sanitation; Program: Infrastructure; Location: Hudson Square, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
Spring Street Salt Shed
Dattner Architects' Spring Street Salt Shed for the DSNY has been fully revealed after the removal of its construction fence.
With winter quickly approaching, the latest addition to New York's arsenal against the snow looks ready to receive its salt stockpile. Designed by Dattner Architects, the faceted concrete salt shed adjacent to the West Side Highway will house 4,000 tons of salt to combat the inevitable wintry precipitation. Construction fencing has been recently removed and new entry gates have been installed at the Spring and Canal Street access points. Like the adjacent Sanitation Garage from Dattner and WXY Studio, signage for the salt shed is treated as a design exercise to avoid the mundane tendencies of everyday infrastructure projects. Vertical metal elements twist to form the "DSNY" identifier, announcing the agency with whimsy to the trendy neighborhood that surrounds it.
Northeast corner from Spring Street with new entrance gate.
Looking north on West Street towards the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage (left) and the Salt Shed (right).
Looking north on West Street towards the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage (left) and the Salt Shed (right).
View of the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage (left) and the Salt Shed (right) from Hudson River Park.
Looking east toward the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage (left) and the Salt Shed (right) from Pier 34 at Hudson River Park.
South façade from Canal Street.
Concrete façade detail.
Entry gate detail.
Shadows cast by the entry gate.
Architect: Dattner Architects; Client: New York City Department of Sanitation, New York City Department of Design and Construction; Program: Infrastructure; Location: Hudson Square, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
34th Street-Hudson Yards Station
A small city within a city is under construction on the far west side of Manhattan. Known as Hudson Yards, this neighborhood will add millions of commercial and residential square footage over the next decade. With the first of Related's office towers in the mega development set to open next year, 10 Hudson Yards, a major concern was access to the area by mass transit. With the long-awaited opening of the 7 train extension yesterday, the area looks ready to embrace the throngs of new workers and residents.
Extending 1.5 miles from the former last stop at Times Square, the 7 line extension has cost 2.42 billion and opens 10 years after its initial proposal. The extension was originally part of the city's failed bid to host the 2012 Olympics and Mayor Bloomberg's plan to build a football stadium for the Jets on the Hudson Yards site. Though both projects failed, the subway extension was approved and construction started in 2007.
Station entries, designed by Dattner Architects in partnership with WSP I Parsons Brinckerhoff, are located within the newly opened Hudson Park and Boulevard from landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh. The metal and glass forms complement the organic shapes of the landscape elements that define the park. Underground, the organic theme continues, with an elliptical mural, curving boundaries, and curved archways that reference the beloved TWA Flight Center by Eero Saarinen at the JFK airport. The station provides travelers with many modern conveniences, including air conditioned platforms for year round comfort and inclined elevators.
Architects: Dattner Architects; Engineers: WSP I Parsons Brinckerhoff; Program: Infrastructure; Location: Hudson Yards, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
Spring Street Salt Shed
Concrete formwork has come down at the Spring Street Salt Shed, a companion project to the New York City Department of Sanitation's new garage along the West Side Highway in the Hudson Square neighborhood. The faceted concrete structure will house 4,000 tons of salt to combat the city's winter precipitation. Dattner Architects is designing the project, which looks to be ready for the upcoming winter season.
Northeast corner of the Salt Shed from the intersection of Spring Street and Washington Street.
Northeast corner of the Salt Shed from Spring Street.
Detail of the east facade of the Salt Shed.
Southeast corner of the Salt Shed from Canal Street.
Southeast corner of the Salt Shed from Canal Street.
East entry plaza from Canal Street.
South facade from Canal Street.
Detail of the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage (left) and the Salt Shed (right).
Looking north on West Street towards the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage (left) and the Salt Shed (right).
Detail of the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage (left) and the Salt Shed (right).
Looking east from the Hudson Tunnel pier towards the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage (left) and the Spring Street Salt Shed (right).
View of the Salt Shed from West Street.
View of the Salt Shed from West Street.
Looking northeast from the Hudson River Park basketball court towards the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage (left) and the Spring Street Salt Shed (right).
View of the Salt Shed from Hudson River Park.
Architects: Dattner Architects; Client: New York City Department of Transportation, New York City Department of Design and Construction; Program: Infrastructure; Location: Hudson Square, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage & Salt Shed
Work is well underway on the DSNY's Spring Street salt shed, a faceted concrete structure by Dattner Architects to house 4,000 tons of salt. Rising to nearly 70 feet, the heavy, abstract form will contrast with the reflective, metallic surfaces of the new Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage directly across the street, also by Dattner. The garage looks to be ready to open sometime in the first half of 2015 with the salt shed wrapping up at the end of the year.
Looking north on West Street.
Google Street View, June 2011.
Southwest corner of the salt shed.
Northeast corner of salt shed.
Northeast corner of salt shed (right) and the New York Land Ventilation Building for the Holland Tunnel (left).
Looking east on West Street towards the site of the salt shed (right) and the garage (left).
Southwest corner of the garage from West Street.
West facade of the garage from Pier 34.
Looking east from Pier 34 towards the garage (left).
West facade of the garage from West Street.
Looking south on West Street towards the garage (left).
Architects: Dattner Architects with WXY Architecture + Urban Design; Program: Infrastructure; Location: Hudson Square, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
