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.
Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage
Site Tour:
On a recent private tour led by the team at Dattner Architects, much progress was evident on the Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage currently under construction. Along with WXY Architecture + Urban Design, Dattner Architects was tasked by the DSNY and the NYC Department of Design and Construction with housing over 150 collection vehicles, cleaning and repair stations, administrative offices for three Manhattan districts, as well as the UPS vehicles formerly parked on site.
On the fringe of Hudson Square, overlooking the West Side Highway and Hudson River Park, the Department of Sanitation's garage camouflages itself with the modern materials of recent buildings located in the trendy neighborhood. Perforated metal fins, located every 2'-6" on center and layered over an exterior envelope of curtain wall will track the sun's movement throughout the day, constantly changing the color tone of the building and helping to reduce its energy consumption. This is just one of the building's environmentally conscious features which should help it achieve LEED Gold certification.
The primary volume of metal and glass hovers above a dark maroon masonry base with a pattern of protruding bricks for added depth and visual interest.
Collection vehicles will enter and exit the garage from entrances off of Washington Street and West Street at building's northern end. Upon entering, vehicles will proceed up the ramp that runs along the Washington Street facade and the middle of the interior.
Vehicles will then make their way to wash bays to be located along the middle, or to maintenance and parking zones along the West Street periphery. While inside the garage, vehicle maintenance workers will have ample natural lighting that is appropriately filtered thanks to the curtain wall and its fins.
Located at the building's southern end along Spring Street, administrative offices and support spaces for all workers on site have spectacular views to Lower Manhattan and the iconic One World Trade Center.
In the southwestern corner, with equally stunning views of downtown and the Hudson River, the grand stair encourages use by the workers over energy consuming elevators and is part of the building's participation in the NYC Active Design program.
At the roof of the project is another main feature in the building's sustainability strategy, the green roof. When completed, the roof will provide storm water retention, an increase in thermal performance, and a visual improvement for the neighbors living in high floors in its line of sight.
The garage is forecasted to open later in 2014, while construction is set to start on the crystalline salt shed across Spring Street.
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Architects: Dattner Architects with WXY Architecture + Urban Design; Program: Infrastructure; Location: Hudson Square, New York, NY; Completion: 2014.
Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage
Architects: Dattner Architects, WXY Architecture + Urban Design; Program: Infrastructure; Location: Hudson Square, New York, NY; Completion: 2014.
Work continues at the Department of Sanitation's garage, where the installation of the perforated, metal fins on the west facade has progressed beyond the half-way mark. With most of the fins installed on the southern facade, the east facade is the last to need its fins installed. When completed, the project hopes to achieve LEED Gold certification.
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Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage
Architects: Dattner Architects with WXY Architecture + Urban Design; Program: Infrastructure; Location: New York, NY; Completion: 2014
Most of the primary skin of curtain wall has been installed and the cladding of the secondary layer of perforated metal fins is underway. The fins will counteract the long horizontal structure with vertical articulation and sun mitigation for the building's western orientation adjacent to the West Side Highway. When completed, the garage will house over 150 sanitation vehicles for the NYC Department of Sanitation in a LEED Gold certified structure in NYC's Active Design program.
Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage
SoHo's controversial Department of Sanitation Garage is progressing from structure to exterior envelope as the first layer of its double skin curtain wall begins installation on the southern facade. The first layer of standard, unitized curtain wall will be overlaid with a second layer of custom designed, perforated metal fins to enliven a large infrastructure project with some of the glamour of SoHo and appease the detractors that live nearby. Combined with the green roof that will cap the garage, this project is seeking certification for LEED Gold status.