Construction Update: Powerhouse Arts
Southwest corner.
Construction is wrapping up on the future home of Powerhouse Arts in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. The not-for-profit Is focused on providing a platform for art production and employment. With its new home, Powerhouse Arts will provide fabrication and production facilities for wood, metal, ceramic, textile, and print. Herzog & de Meuron is leading the renovation of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Power Station that was built in 1903, including theTurbine Hall and a reconstructed Boiler House.
West facade.
Northwest corner.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the Boiler Room (left) and Turbine Hall (right).
Close-up of the Turbine Hall.
Close-up of the Turbine Hall.
Close-up of the northwest corner of the Boiler Room.
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron with PBDW Architects; Program: Contemporary Arts Center; Location: Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: 57 Marcus Garvey Boulevard - Atrium at Sumner
Northwest corner from Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
Superstructure has surpassed the half-way mark at the Atrium at Sumner, an affordable senior housing development in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by Studio Libeskind, the 10-story structure sits on vacant land on the NYCHA Sumner Houses campus. When completed, the development will provide approximately 190 units, along with an indoor garden, a central atrium, and a multi-use performing arts space at the ground floor.
Northwest corner from Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
Northwest corner from Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
West facade from Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
Southwest corner from Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
East facade.
Northeast corner.
North facade.
Northwest corner from Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
Architect: Studio Libeskind; Structural Engineer: LERA Consulting Structural Engineers; Mechanical Engineer: FISKAA Engineering; Client: Selfhelp Community Services, RiseBoro Community Partnership, Urban Builders Collaborative/Lettire; Program: Residential, Community Center; Location: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2023.
Construction Update: Madison House at 15 East 30th Street
Construction is wrapping up at 15 E 30, a 62-story residential condo tower in NoMad from developers Fosun Group and JD Carlisle. Designed by Handel Architects, the 805-foot-tall tower is clad in a glass and profiled metal panel curtain wall with a striped fit pattern at the spandrel panels. Construction scaffolding has recently come down at the ground floor to reveal the residential entry.
Looking up at the south facade.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developers: Fosun Group and JD Carlisle; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: NoMad, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: Gotham Point at Hunters Point South
Gotham Point North Tower (left) and South Tower (center) at Hunters Point South, with One Bell Slip (right) from Greenpoint Landing.
Exterior wall installation is ongoing at Gotham Point’s 56-story, 689 unit residential rental tower on the southern tip of the Hunters Point South development. The north tower is one of two designed by Handel Architects for Gotham that will offer a mix of affordable and market rate units. Along with ground floor retail and a below grade parking garage, the north tower will offer a publicly accessible rooftop farm. Additionally, Riseboro Community Partnership will manage an 11-story wing of 98 senior independent living units in the north tower.
Gotham Point North Tower (center) and South Tower (right) at Hunters Point South.
Construction is nearing completion at the 33-story south tower, which will offer 443 rental units along with a ground floor retail space designated for the Flux Factory and a publicly accessible community boathouse.
Northwest corner of the south tower’s crown.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: Gotham; Program: Residential Rental, Retail; Location: Long Island City, Queens, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: PENN 2
Northeast corner of PENN2 in the fall of 2020, prior to the reclad.
Facade installation is ongoing at commercial tower PENN 2 at Two Penn Plaza in Midtown by developer Vornado Realty Trust. The 1968 tower is undergoing an extensive renovation by MdeAS Architects that includes a recladding of the exterior with an updated curtain wall. Along with floor-to-ceiling glass, the new facade will feature corner loggias at the northwest and southwest corners, an extended base towards 7th Avenue, and a triple height lobby. Other amenities for the tower will include a 280-person town hall, casual lounges, rooftop pavilion, outdoor green space, and over an acre of outdoor terraces.
Southeast corner of PENN 2 from 7th Avenue.
Looking up at the east facade of PENN 2 from 7th Avenue.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
Close-up of the east facade.
Close-up of the east facade.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
East facade of PENN 2 from West 32nd Street.
Architect: MdeAS Architects; Developer: Vornado Realty Trust; Program: Commercial Office; Location: Penn District, Midtown, New York; Completion: 2023.
Construction Update: 58 Saint Marks Place
Facade installation is nearing completion at Avdoo & Partners Development’s 12-story residential condominium building at 58 Saint Marks Place in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by INC Architecture and Design, the development’s facade is clad in over 8,000 terra cotta panels and 338 windows. When completed, the project will offer 100 residences ranging in size from studios to 4 bedrooms, with 39 unique residence types. Open space will be included in about 80 percent of the residences. Residents will have access to 19,000 square feet of amenities across 4 levels, including a fitness center by The Wright Fit and a communal garden designed by Terrain.
Northeast corner from 4th Avenue.
East facade from 4th Avenue.
Architect: INC Architecture and Design (Design Architect), Issac & Stern Architect (Architect of Record); Developer: Avdoo & Partners Development; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
Tour: 1 Boerum Place
Northwest corner from Boerum Place.
Construction is wrapping up at residential rental tower One Boerum Place in Downtown Brooklyn from developers Avery Hall Investments, Allegra Holding, and Aria Development Group. Designed by Avery Hall, the 22 story tower features a brick and punch window facade with private terraces and corner loggias.
Looking up at the west facade.
Southwest corner from Boerum Place.
Northeast corner from Fulton Street.
Close-up of the brick facade at the residential entry.
Residential Entry Lobby
Residential lobby featuring a work by Dustin Yellin.
A piece by artist Dustin Yellin, founder and director of Pioneer Works, greets the residents on their way to the elevator lobby and mail room.
A piece from Dustin Yellin’s Pyschogeographies series.
Model Residence
The tower offers 96 residential rental units ranging in size from one to four bedrooms. Design of the interiors is led by Gachot Studio and features 10 foot ceilings, wide plank White Oak flooring, and 8-foot-tall custom doors. Kitchens offer a custom Tambour wood radius culinary island, Tundra Grey countertops, and Waterworks fittings.
Primary bathrooms offer Bianco Dolomite marble flooring and accent walls, custom millwork vanities, and Waterworks fittings
Amenities
Entertainment lounge.
Residents have access to a collection of amenities that include a rooftop terrace, two-story fitness center, swimming pool, entertainment lounge, children’s playroom, parking garage, and storage room.
Fitness center.
Fitness center.
Swimming pool.
Children’s playroom.
Rooftop Views
Owner and Design Architect: Avery Hall; Co Developers: Allegra Holding, Aria Development Group; Interiors: Gachot Studios; Landscape: Brook Landscape; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Tour: 251 West 91st Street - The Westly
Southeast corner from Broadway.
Facade installation is ongoing at Adam America Real Estate and Northlink Capital’s 20-story residential tower The Westly on the Upper West Side. Designed by ODA New York, the tower massing features a series of cantilevers at the north facade, extending out over an existing four story structure. When completed, the project will offer 57 units and amenities that include a lounge, teen lounge, fitness center, roof deck with outdoor pool, music practice room, children’s playroom, storage, bike room, central laundry room, and pet washing station.
East facade from Broadway.
Looking up at the east facade.
Northeast corner from Broadway.
Looking up at the south facade.
The underside of the cantilever.
Looking up at the cantilever at the north facade.
Lobby
Rooftop Views
View south towards the Upper West Side and Hudson Yards from the rooftop terrace.
View south towards the Upper West Side and Midtown from the rooftop terrace.
View southeast towards the Upper East Side from the rooftop terrace.
View north towards the Upper West Side and Morningside Heights from the rooftop terrace.
View west towards the Hudson River from the rooftop terrace.
Model Residence
Condo residences range in size from two- to five-bedrooms.
Kitchens feature cremo delicato marble slab countertops, mosaic marble backsplashes, Waterworks fixtures, marble-clad oven vents, custom walnut finish cabinets, and Gaggenau appliances.
Primary bathrooms feature honed marble slab walls, mosaic marble tiled floors, polished nickel Waterworks faucets, custom double vanity, and glass enclosed walk in showers.
Architect: ODA New York; Developer: Adam America Real Estate & Northlink Capital; Program: Residential; Location: Upper West Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
Columbia University Business School
Diller Scofidio + Renfro / FXCollaborative · Morningside Heights · 2022
Southwest corner of Kravis Hall (left) and Geffen Hall (right).
A new home for the Columbia Business School has opened at the university’s Manhattanville campus in West Harlem. The Business School’s two new structures, the 8-story David Geffen Hall and 11-story Henry R. Kravis Hall, are located on a site to the north of the first phase buildings by Renzo Piano. Totaling approximately 492,00 square feet, the two new buildings double the school’s current square footage. Design on the two buildings is led by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXCollaborative and associate architects Aaris Design Architects.
Looking northeast towards the Manhattanville campus, including the Business School (left), the Lenfest Center for the Arts (right), and the Jerome L. Greene Science Center (far right).
James Corner Field Operations have designed a 40,000 square foot central open space which the two buildings bookend.
Northwest corner of Geffen Hall (center) and Kravis Hall (right).
Henry R. Kravis Hall
East facade of Kravis Hall at sunset.
Kravis Hall features two generous circulation stairs, located at the east and west facades, which link together alternating floors of faculty offices and teaching spaces. Known as The Network, these stairs link lounges, seminar spaces, open-breakout, tiered seating, carrels and informal hang-out spaces at the east facade. A faculty version of The Network is located along the west facade and offers views of the Hudson River. Both circulation stairs also act as vertical structure elements.
The exterior wall, fabricated by Intercom Facades and AZA US (Former AZA-INTERCOM Corporation) with W&W Glass, is designed to express the interweaving of student, faculty, and administrative program. Transparent glass encloses student floors, the Network circulation spaces, and ground floor program. Faculty floors are clad in GFRC (glass fiber reinforced concrete) slab covers and fritted glass that contrasts with the more transparent student spaces. The building’s structure uses “skip truss” steel framing on alternating faculty floors to achieve nearly column-free classrooms.
Exterior wall details courtesy of Intercom Facades and AZA US.
Southeast corner of Kravis Hall.
South facade of Kravis Hall.
Looking up at the south facade of Kravis Hall.
East facade of Kravis Hall.
East facade of Kravis Hall.
Southeast corner of Kravis Hall.
Looking up at the east facade of Kravis Hall.
Close-up of the northeast corner of Kravis Hall.
Close-up of the east facade of Kravis Hall.
At the ground floor, the Samberg Commons offers seating for 201 on tiered, undulating seating made of American oak. This space can be transformed to connect with a 199-person dining space on the second floor. The ground floor of Kravis Hall also offers retail space along the building’s 12th Avenue frontage.
Samberg Commons at the southeast corner of Kravis Hall.
West facade of Kravis Hall with ground floor retail frontage.
Southwest corner of Kravis Hall.
Southwest corner of Kravis Hall (left) and Geffen Hall (center).
West facade of Kravis Hall.
David Geffen Hall
Southwest corner of Geffen Hall.
Mirroring Kravis Hall, the eight-story Geffen Hall also features a perimeter circulation element at the west facade that connects alternating floors for administrative offices and teaching spaces. A skin of GFRC and fritted glass in a gradient from transparent to opaque clads the facade the fronts the commons and Kravis Hall. Along with MBA teaching spaces, Geffen Hall also houses the Executive MBA program. At the northwest corner of the ground floor, the Cooperman Commons 274-person auditorium space accommodates student and faculty gatherings. The Columbia-Harlem Small Business Development Center on the second floor offers support resources and services to local businesses and entrepreneurs.
West facade of Geffen Hall.
Southwest corner of Geffen Hall.
Northwest corner of Geffen Hall.
Northwest corner of Cooperman Commons.
Cooperman Commons and lobby.
Ground floor cafe at Geffen Hall.
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXCollaborative; Structural Engineer, Exterior Envelope and Facade Consultant: Arup; Mechanical Engineer: Buro Happold; Associate Architect: AARRIS ATEPA Architects (Dedicated Dining, Multi-Function Room); Sustainability/ LEED Consultant: FXCollaborative; Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Exterior Wall Fabricator: Intercom Facades and AZA US (Former AZA-INTERCOM Corporation) with W&W Glass; Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: 1 Eagle Street - Eagle + West
Southeast corner of Block D from West Street.
Exterior wall installation is wrapping up at Greenpoint Landing’s fourth market rate site at Block D, a two tower development by Brookfield Properties that will offer 745 residential rental units. Designed by Jason Long of OMA New York, the 30 and 40-story towers feature a massing that recalls a ziggurat and its inverse.
Southeast corner of Block D.
The form of the taller southwest tower features four inverted cantilever phases on the 14th, 21st, 28th, and 36th floor that extend the cantilever to a total of 50 feet from the base structure to the top floors. At each cantilevered phase, engineered steel truss platforms were installed to support and take the load of the cantilever during construction. Once the platforms are removed, the cantilevered slabs are supported by sloping columns designed to transfer the load back to the structure and hung columns reinforced with multi strand post tension to support the structure suspended from above, like a suspension bridge. The post tension multi strand reinforcing, protected by plastic sleeves, is pulled at the top of each column to bring them into tension to support the cantilever.
The top structure of the southwest tower.
Close-up of the precast facade panels on the south facade of both towers.
Precast concrete panels with 8 foot square windows clad the towers and feature angled planes that change orientation with each block of setbacks and cantilevers.
Close-up of the precast facade panels.
The two towers are linked by a bridge that contains a pool and fitness center with Manhattan skyline views.
Looking up at the north facades of Block D.
Northwest corner of Block D.
Architect: OMA New York with Beyer Blinder Belle; Structural Engineer: DeSimone Consulting Engineers; MEP and LEED: Cosentini Associates; Facade: Thornton Tomasetti; Waterfront Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Interior and Landscape Architect: Marmol Radziner; Concrete: Highbury Concrete; Developers: Brookfield Property Partners, Park Tower Group; Program: Residential, Retail, Park; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
