Congratulations to the AIA New York Chapter 2005 Housing Design Award Winners.
Mission
The mission is to explore issues of design, policy and technology in the development of new housing and livable neighborhoods. We invite the participation of all who are interested in housing design, including the development community, students and members of the public.
Programs
The committee sponsors public programs at the Center for Architecture that feature presentations by architects, planners, and other professionals at the forefront of housing and community design. The programs were created in 2003 in response to Mayor Bloomberg's Planning Initiatives to create new neighborhoods and housing units throughout the city, and look at past and present examples of successful housing as a guide for planning for the future.
In 2005, the Committee sponsored the inaugural AIA New York Chapter Housing Design Awards. It is the first biennial building types awards program established at the Center for Architecture and complements the internationally recognized AIANY Design Awards. Premiated projects were presented at the October 17 exhibition, which ran from October 6 through November 30. See summaries in eOculus 10-4-05 and 10-31-05 at www.aiany.org/eOCULUS/pastissues.php. In 2006, the AIANY will continue to co-sponsor the Boston Society of Architects(BSA) biennial housing awards, as it has since 2000.
The Committee sponsors the annual AIA New York Chapter Ratensky Lecture in November, which honors individuals who have made significant lifetime contributions to the advancement of housing design. The 2005 Lecture was given by Theodore Liebman, FAIA. The Committee and its members have been active participants in current and recent housing initiatives, including:
- NYC Model Code - Residential Committee, chaired by Herbert Mandel, AIA, making recommendations for adoption of the International Building Code by the City of New York. See www.aiany.org/chapter/news.html 19 November 2004
- New Housing New York (NHNY) Legacy Committee planning for a RFQ and design-build competiton for the AIA Sesquicentennial Celebration in 2007. The project is a follow up to the 2004 New Housing New York Design Ideas Competition sponsored by the AIANY, The Council of the City of New York, and the City University of New York, with participation by the NYC Departments of City Planning, Buildings, and Housing Preservation & Development.
- 2004 Learning from Lower Manhattan, a national AIA conference sponsored by the AIA New York Chapter with committees on Planning & Urban Design, Housing, Public Architecture, Transportation, and the Environment planned for September 2004.
- Collaboration in the Winter 2003/04 issue of Oculus: Everything Housing From Homeless Shelters to Luxury Living
- Ten Steps to Create More Affordable Housing in New York City, which was produced by the AIA New York Chapter Task Force. See www.aiany.org/chapter/news.html 11 July 2003
To join the committee or be placed on our email list, please contact Committee Chair James McCullar FAIA james@mccullar-aia.com or Co-Chair Willis S. DeLaCour, Jr. AIA wdelacour@dfarchs.com. Housing Events with continuing education LUS and HSW credits are held at the CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE, 536 LaGuardia Place, the first Monday of the month at 5:30 PM, unless otherwise noted in the AIA New York Chapter calendar. For descriptions of events, see:
2005 Events with focus on housing
2004 Events with focus on housing
2003 Events with focus on housing
Related Housing Links:
AIA National Housing Knowledge Community
New York City
Department of City Planning
Department of Buildings
Department of Housing Preservation and development
Landmarks Preservation Commission
Federal
HUD
State
NYSERDA
Private Organizations
Citizens Housing and Planning Council
National Housing Conference
The Enterprise Foundation
The Joint Center for Housing Studies
The Local Initiatives Support Corporation
The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
2005 EVENTS WITH FOCUS ON HOUSING
Monday,
February 7
Drinks 5:30/Program 6 PM/Reception to Follow
EMERGING TRENDS IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
Principals of AIANY Chapter firms will present recent designs that illustrate varying approaches that serve an increasingly diverse and neglected segment of our population. Each reflects the belief that aesthetic environments enhance the lives of all people, rich and poor, a theme identified in the winter 2003/04 issue of Oculus "Everything Housing: From Homeless Shelters to Luxury Living". The format will be similar to the successful surveys of market-rate, affordable, and senior housing held during 2003 and 2004.
Welcome: Susan Chin, FAIA, President, AIA New York Chapter
Introduction: Nadine Maleh, Director of Design & Construction, Common Ground Community
Louise
Braverman, Architect
Louise Braverman, AIA will present Chelsea Court, New York, NY, an
award winning design for 18 previously homeless and low-income
residents.
TEK - Thanhauser
Esterson Kapell, Architects
Jack Esterson, AIA will present Safe Haven Housing, New Haven,
CT, the conversion of a large loft building for a diverse program
of supportive
housing nearing completion.
Domenech
Hicks & Krockmalnic, Architects
John Ellis, FAIA will present three examples of widely varied supportive
housing projects and client groups located in New York City.
Polshek
Partnership LLP
Susan T. Rodriguez, FAIA will present Schermerhorn House, a
new building in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn for Common Ground and
Actors
Fund to house
200 special needs and previously homeless residents.
With special
thanks to the sponsors of this event,
Consolidated Brick and Margaritelli
Wood Floors.
Location: Lecture
Hall, Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place between West 3rd & Bleecker
Streets
RSVP: To register,
email rsvp@aiany.org with name & date of event
Price: Members,
Non-members & Students
- FREE
CES HSW 1.5
Monday,
March 7
Drinks 5:30/Program 6 PM/Reception to Follow
AN EVENING WITH COSTAS KONDYLIS & PARTNERS,
LLP
Introduction
by Andrew Alpern, Attorney, Architect & Architectural
Historian Costas Kondylis and Partners LLP has been a leading high-rise
residential interior design and architecture firm in New York City since
its founding in 1989. Described as the "most sought after residential
architecture firm in the city" Costas
Kondylis & Partners continues
to be on the cutting edge of residential design in New York City,
Boston and Miami.
Join Costas
Kondylis and his partners as they discuss such topics as: what it takes
to build a successful architect/developer relationship; the impact
of zoning on today’s high-
rise residential projects; the technical challenges and innovations
associated with high-rise construction today; design trends in
today’s condominium and
rental buildings; and what lies ahead for the high-rise residential
market in New York City. A broad overview of completed and on the boards
projects will be presented including: Trump World Tower, 845 UN Plaza;
Morton Square, 1 Morton Square; The Heritage at Trump Place; The Grand
Tier, 64th Street and Broadway; The Aston, 800 Sixth Avenue; 200 Chambers
Street; 627 West 42nd Street; and a new ‘W’ hotel in Miami
Beach.
With special
thanks to Permasteelisa Cladding
Technologies for sponsoring this event.
Location: Lecture
Hall, Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place between
West 3rd & Bleecker Streets
RSVP: To register email rsvp@aiany.org with
name & date of event
Price: Members,
Non-members & Students
- FREE
CES HSW 1.5
Monday, April 4
AN EVENING WITH JOHN M. JOHANSEN, FAIA
Introduction by Kevin C. Lippert, Publisher, Princeton
Architectural Press
Architect and educator John M. Johansen is best known for modern designs such as the U.S. Embassy in Dublin (1964), Goddard Library at Clark University (1968), and Mummers Theater in Oklahoma City (1970); and in more recent years, for futuristic designs based on new science and technology published in his latest book, Nanoarchitecture: A New Species of Architecture (Princeton Architectural Press, 2002). Like the modern architects of his generation, he has also designed exceptional housing, including Roosevelt Island, New York, but his most inventive designs were reserved for private houses which he will present this evening. In the 1977 Global Architecture Houses, he wrote: "25 houses to date have been designed by me and built. Each house is separate and individual work. Each house is designed for particular individuals. Each house is designed about a basic idea. Houses are always romantic. Deal with experiences that primitive or those of our current technological age. Houses have been described as Bridge house, Telephone Pole house, Labyrinth house, Rigged house, Greenhouse house, Component house, Grotto house, Upsidedown house, Sprayed Concrete house. My influences come from Wright, Mies, Breuer, Palladio, the psychoanalytical explanation of legends, and more recently from Archigram, Systems, and outer space technology. My next current interest in interchangeability permutation and Kinetics, yet always with a romantic and very human concern."
Location: THE
CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE Lecture Hall
536 LaGuardia Place between West 3rd & Bleecker Streets
RSVP: To register
email rsvp@aiany.org with
name & date of event
Price: Members,
Non-members & Students - FREE
CES HSW 1.5
Monday, June 13, 2005
INCLUSIONARY HOUSING: where we are now and where we are going Co-sponsored with Planning & Urban Design Committee
Under New York City Inclusionary Housing zoning regulations, developers are encouraged to include units for low to moderate income households in return for floor area bonuses above what is allowed for residential development. The panel will discuss recent developments, including those in Hudson Yards and Greenpoint-Williamsburg districts, and how inclusionary housing can be implemented in the future and to what extent it can provide for the growing need for affordable housing. Panel members include:
Mark Ginsberg, AIA, Moderator, Partner, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, LLC
Frank Braconi, Executive Director, Citizens Housing Planning Council
Rafael Cestero, Deputy Commissioner for Development, Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Regina Myer, Director, Brooklyn Borough Office, Department of City Planning
Ron Moelis, Principal, L & M Equities
Thursday June 2, 2005
NEW HOUSING IN HARLEM
An evening with Assemblyman Keith Wright, Max Bond, FAIA, developers and architects engaged in the development and design of new housing in Harlem. The presentation will begin with examples of new housing followed by a discussion of issues of design and affordability that affect not only Harlem but all of New York City in a time of rapid transformation through zoning changes and expansion of market-rate housing outside the Manhattan core.
Introduction
Keith L. T. Wright, Member, NYS Assembly; Chair, Subcommittee on Public Housing; Chair, Harlem Community Development Corporation
Panel
J. Max Bond, FAIA, Moderator, Partner, Davis Brody Bond, LLP
Carlton A. Brown, Chief Operating Officer, Full Spectrum of NY, LLC
Lou Katsos, Assoc. AIA, President, Jekmar Associates; Executive Board Member,
Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce
Roberta Washington, AIA, Principal, Roberta Washington Architects, P.C.
Projects
Strivers Gardens, Partner, Davis Brody Bond, Architects; Lou Katsos with Strivers Gardens, LLC, Developer
1400 Fifth Avenue Roberta Washington Architects; Full Spectrum of NY, Developer
213 West 112 Street Townhouse, Robert Krone & Joan Blumenfeld, Architects
The Kalahari, Frederic Schwartz Architects: Jack Travis & GF55 Architects;
FSLM Joint Venture - Full Spectrum of NY and L&M Equities, Developer
With Special thanks to CONSOLIDATED BRICK for its generous support of this event. Visit www.consolidatedbrick.com to view its product line.
Monday, September 12, 2005
AN EVENING WITH AMANDA M. BURDEN & SHAUN DONOVAN
New directions in neighborhood planning & affordable housing
Co-sponsored with Planning & Urban Design Committee:
CPC Chair Amanda M. Burden and HPD Commissioner Shaun Donovan will present recent initiatives and collaborative efforts between the Departments of City Planning and Housing Preservation & Development in the Mayor's ongoing program to create new neighborhoods and affordable housing opportunities throughout the city. Their presentations will be followed by a discussion with AIA New York Chapter representatives moderated by J. Max Bond Jr., FAIA, and end with questions from the audience.
Welcome
Susan Chin, FAIA, President, AIANY Chapter
Speakers
Amanda M. Burden, AICP, Hon. AIA, Chair, NYC Planning Commission
& Director, NYC Department of City Planning
Shaun Donovan, Commissioner, NYC Department of Housing
Preservation & Development
Respondents
Mark Ginsberg, AIA, Past President, AIANY Chapter
Joan Blumenfeld, FAIA, President Elect, 2007, AIANY Chapter
J. Max Bond Jr., FAIA, Partner, Davis Brody Bond, LLP, Moderator
With Special thanks to CONSOLIDATED BRICK for its generous support of this event. Visit www.consolidatedbrick.com to view its product line.
Monday, October 17, 2005
Everything Housing: From Homeless Shelters to Luxury Living Exhibit Opening and Presentation of Winning Projects
HPD Commissioner Shaun Donovan will offer introductory remarks and Juror Adele Naude Santos, FAIA, will present 14 award winning projects that cover a range from HPD supported affordable housing to luxury towers, some of which are new designs still in construction. The reception will begin in the Hines Gallery and continue to the Lecture Hall, where the program begins at 6 PM.
The exhibition will run from October 6 to December 3. A list of awards and jurors may be viewed at the AIANY website www.aiany.org. This is the first "building types" awards program, which complements the internationally recognized Design Awards program for Architecture, Interior Architecture and Projects currently on view in the Lecture Hall.
Introductory Remarks
Shaun Donovan, Commissioner, NYC Department of Housing
Preservation & Development
Presentation of Projects
Adele Naude Santos, FAIA, Dean, School of Architecture & Planning,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
With special thanks to sponsors for their generous support
Exhibition: The Hudson Companies Inc., Anonymous Donor
Reception: Square D, Prosurance Redeker Group, Ltd., Skidmore, Ownings & Merrill, LLP
Monday, November 7, 2005
The 2005 Ratensky Lecture A HOUSING PRACTICE by THEODORE LIEBMAN, FAIA
Ted Liebman's career spans more than four decades and four continents. His work as a public sector architect was celebrated this summer in the Exhibition and Symposium "Housing Policy and Design- Lessons of the Urban Development Corporation: 1968–1975". Many of those lessons about housing density, creating neighborhoods, and understanding people's needs became the foundation of Mr. Liebman's private practice. His talk will start with the thrust of housing research began at the UDC and quickly move to the current work of the Liebman Melting Partnership. Together, with partner Alan Melting, FAIA, they have created a truly international practice with an urban housing focus.
The annual Ratensky Lecture was initiated by the AIA New York Chapter in honor of Samuel Ratensky (1910–1972), an architect and housing official who was responsible for major housing initiatives in the city from 1946 to 1972, and who served as a mentor to the many architects who worked in his programs. The lecture series honors individuals who, like Sam Ratensky, have made significant lifetime contributions to the advancement of housing and community design. Special thanks to the George Lewis Fund for support of the Ratensky Lecture series.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn: A New Mixed-Use Development Co-sponsored with Planning & Urban Design Committee
Atlantic Yards is an important development opportunity adjacent to downtown Brooklyn. The site sits astride a major subway/ rail nexus and utilizes undeveloped space over the MTA rail yards as well as redevelopment of adjacent properties. The program consists of a new professional basketball arena with adjacent office and housing towers and supporting retail and other uses. The plan features many innovative design approaches. Issues include density and urban design relationships to the adjacent community and to the City's recent Downtown Brooklyn plan, how transportation and other impacts can be mitigated, provisions for affordable housing and job creation, and the planning and approvals process itself (as an MTA project, the project bypasses NYC land use review protocols in favor of a NY State review process).
Welcome
MARK STRAUSS, FAIA, AICP, AIANY President-Elect
Speakers
James Stuckey, Executive Vice-President for Community & Residential Development, Forest City Ratner Companies
Frank Gehry, FAIA, Ghery Partners, Project Architects
Laurie D. Olin, FASLA, Olin Partnership, Landscape Design
Panel Discussion
Frank Braconi, Executive Director, Citizens Housing & Planning Council
Brad Lander, Director, Pratt Center for Community Development
Jordan Gruzen, FAIA, Gruzen Samton Architects
Moderator
Ernest Hutton, AICP, ASSOC. AIA, Co-Chair, AIANY Planning & Urban Design Committee
New Housing Then Friday Film Series at the Center of Architecture
Co-sponsored with Exhibitions International and Center for Architecture, who planned the series
February 2, 2005: John Lautner-The Spirit in Architecture
March 11, 2005: Lustron-The House America's Been Waiting For (1948)
April 8, 2005: Life & Work of Alfred Beadle: Phoenix's Most Controversial Modernist Architect (1927–1998)
June 17, 2005: Ralph Rapson: Pioneering Architect/Educator
July 8, 2005: An Evening with Alastair Gordon
2004 EVENTS WITH FOCUS ON HOUSING
Monday,
January 12 – Hafele
Showroom (25 E. 26th St.)
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE NYC CODE?
Co-Sponsored with the Building Codes
Committee & Real Estate Board
of New York
New York
city has established the Model Code Program to engage in the review
and modification of the International Building Code
(IBC) to facilitate its adoption by the city.
The Program includes a series of technical committees created to investigate
various areas of code coverage. As one aspect of this process,
the committees will have the
opportunity to incorporate measures which will rectify elements of
the present code which we feel have been either deficient, confusing
or missing.
The forum is being convened by the Residential Committee of the Model Code Program to hear your input on issues of concern related to residential buildings. The panel will consist of three professionals who are involved in the deliberations and will be in a position to make recommendations for modifications of, additions to, and or/or deletions from the IBC prior to its presentation for adoption. Please join us to share your thoughts.
Introduction: Mark Ginsberg, AIA, President, AIA New York Chapter
Panel
members
Herbert Mandel, AIA
Herbert L. Mandel, P.C. Architect/City Planner
Chair, Residential Committee, NYC Model Code Program
Ronny A. Livian, P.E.
Deputy Commissioner, NYC Department of Buildings
Chair, Construction Requirements Committee, NYC Model Code Program
Fatma Amer, P.E.
Assistant Commissioner, NYC Department of Buildings
Chair, Administration and Enforcement Committee, NYC Model Code
Program
Thursday,
January 22 – Center for Architecture
AN EVENING WITH MELTZER/MANDL ARCHITECTS,
P.C.
Principals Marvin H. Meltzer, AIA, and David
Mandl, AIA, will discuss the approach their firm has taken in the successful
creation of more than 3,500 market-rate and affordable housing units
in New York City. Project Managers Dan Heyden, AIA, and Yu Inamoto, AIA,
will contribute to a talk that will include slides of relevant housing
examples
as well as an overview of innovative solutions that have added value
to their projects. In addition, each will provide unique insights into
the myriad of regulatory challenges involved in new construction, adaptive
re-use, rehabilitation, and landmark preservation. Established in 1995,
the award winning firm is noted for the design of 45 Wall Street, the
first large scale
office-to-residential conversion to go into construction under
the new lower Manhattan zoning regulations. Currently the firm
has over 30 projects underway, including mixed-use affordable housing
in Harlem, market-rate lofts in Chelsea and the East Village, and mixed-use
projects in Fort Greene
and Hoyt-Schermerhorn in Brooklyn.
This is the first of a series of presentations by firms on the practice of housing design. The series is modeled on a format initiated in 1997 by AIANY President Robert Geddes, FAIA, that featured talks by SOM and Tod Williams Billie Tsien & Associates on the practice of architecture.
Monday,
February 2 – Center
for Architecture
AN EVENING WITH GRUZEN SAMTON, ARCHITECTS
Co-Sponsored with the Planning & Urban
Design Committee
Gruzen
Samton, Architects has been at the forefront
of residential design since its
predecessor, Kelly & Gruzen, participated in the
first FHA programs that grew out of
the New Deal in the 1940’s. The exposed concrete frame of Chatham
Towers in Chinatown and Horizon House’s split level, skip-stop,
Marseilles-like apartment towers on the Hudson
in Fort Lee, NJ , both in the late 1950’s, heralded for the
firm a new era in housing design. Ultimately,
the firm produced more than 30,000 apartment
units including projects for Ed Logue’s
UDC, HUD, HPD, the Housing Authority, a
substantial number of private sector apartment
complexes on both sides of the Hudson River;
numerous senior living developments and
new housing communities in Rochester, Roosevelt
Island, Queens West, Iran and Shanghai. Partners Jordan Gruzen, Peter
Samton, Gerry Vasisko, Alfreda Radzicki
and Ivan Ilyashov will present their experience
on the qualities that make for eminently livable residential design
in dense urban settings.
This is a continuation of presentations by firms on the practice of housing design. The series is modeled on a format initiated in 1997 by AIANY President Robert Geddes, FAIA, that featured talks by SOM and Tod Williams Billie Tsien & Associates on the practice of architecture.
Monday,
February 23 – Center for Architecture
I.M.
PEI, FAIA, FRANK WILLIAMS, FAIA, & BILL ZECKENDORF JR.
The evening will focus on the residential buildings designed by I.M. Pei with Bill Zeckendorf, Sr. as owner-developer, and the next generation of residential buildings designed by Frank Williams with Bill Zeckendorf, Jr. as owner-developer.
In 1948 William Zeckendorf, Sr. invited Mr. Pei, who was teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, to accept the newly created post of Director of Architecture at Webb & Knapp real estate development corporation, resulting in many large-scale architectural and planning projects across the country. Locally, their collaboration produced Kips Bay Plaza, University Plaza at New York University (across from 536 LaGuardia Place), and Society Hill in Philadelphia.
The collaboration between Frank Williams and Bill Zeckendorf, Jr. has helped to shape the Manhattan skyline through the design of such buildings such as the Park Belvedere and the Rhiga Royal Hotel. Frank Williams wrote that Bill Zeckendorf, Jr. "taught that each complex or building must give some amenity back to the city, whether zoning codes require the amenity or not…there is a civic responsibility underlying each commission.
In 1989-94, Pei, Williams, and Bill Zeckendorf, Jr. collaborated on the design for the Four Seasons Hotel on East 57th Street, completing a cycle of vision and friendship.
Monday,
April 12 – Center for Architecture
MICHAEL KWARTLER
ON HOUSING WE LOVE BUT CAN'T BUILD AGAIN UNDER
CURRENT ZONING
Co-Sponsored with the
Planning & Urban
Design Committee
From his perspective as architect and urban designer, Michael Kwartler, FAIA, will explore l housing that was built before 1961 and the current zoning resolution. This is an area of study explored by the 2003 AIA/NYC Housing Task Force to investigate meaningful changes in zoning and building codes to promote new neighborhood development in the city. The presentation will include slides of relevant examples and focus on lessons that can be learned from the planning and design of earlier, successful neighborhoods.
This
event will be an elaboration of Michael's
memorable 2003 presentation at the Hafele
Showroom which demonstrated the need for
greater flexibility in zoning regulations
through a series of images, such as the
juxtaposition of a West Village streetscape
with Co-Op City, each with the same density
but
where one is legal to build today and the
other is not.
Monday,
May 3 – Center for Architecture
EMERGING
TRENDS IN SENIOR HOUSING
Principals of five AIANY Chapter firms will present recent designs that illustrate varying approaches to providing supportive residential environments for a growing segment of our population with diverse needs. The format wll be similar to the successful surveys of market-rate and affordable housing held last year at the Hafele Showroom.
Introduction: Stephen A. Kliment, FAIA, Editor, Building Type Basics for SENIOR LIVING
Perkins
Eastman Architects
Douglas King, AIA, AICP will present
an overview of Continuum of Care
Facilities with Buckingham's Choice in Adamstown,
MD; Kendal on Hudson in Sleepy
Hollow, NY; and Sun City Ginza East, an urban
CCRC in Tokyo, Japan.
Swanke
Hayden Connell Architects
Joseph Aliotta, AIA will present Rockwell
Terrace, a 72 unit senior citizens
housing project in New Rochelle, NY designed
under NYS Housing Trust Fund
guidelines on a narrow site.
SLCE
Architects
Saky Yakas, AIA will present
the DeSales Residence, a 14-story,
128-unit enriched project for
low income seniors at Fifth Avenue and 108th
Street
in New York City.
Gruzen
Samton Architects LLP
Michael S. Gelfand, AIA will
present Maple Point, an 89
unit senior housing
facility in suburban New
York based on a neighborhood concept
serving residents of varying needs.
Goshow
Architects, LLP
Eric Goshow, AIA will present
Presbyterian Senior Services
GrandParent Family Apartments,
a 51 unit service enriched new building in
the South Bronx - the
first in the city dedicated
to serving low income grandparents
who are raising grandchildren.
Building Type Basics for SENIOR LIVING, a new book written by members of Perkins Eastman Architects and edited by Stephen A. Kliment, FAIA, for Wiley & Sons, will be on display.
Special thanks to Consolidated Brick for supporting this event.
Monday,
June 7 –
Center for Architecture
AN
EVENING WITH MAGNUSSON ARCHITECTURE AND
PLANNING
Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP) was established in 1985 with the commitment of creating better communities through better architecture. Now an award-winning twenty person firm with projects throughout the five boroughs and metropolitan area, MAP is at the forefront of affordable and market-rate housing and large-scale community planning. Currently the firm has over 25 projects underway for a total of over 2,500 units of housing.
Magnus Magnusson, AIA, founder and Principal, will discuss the firm’s history, structure, and new directions. Principal, Petr Stand, APA, will discuss the origins of the advocacy and community planning work of the firm through a case study of Melrose Commons Urban Renewal Area in The South Bronx. Client, Yolanda Garcia, Executive Director of the community group Nos Quedamos will describe the group’s early work with MAP and its evolution over 11 years. Joseph Lengeling AIA, the firm’s design Principal, will discuss lessons learned, design departures, and projects currently under design.
This
is a continuation
of presentations
by firms on
the practice
of housing
design, and follows earlier
events with
Meltzer Mandl
Architects,
Gruzen
Samton
Architects,
I.M. Pei,
FAIA, Frank
Williams, FAIA,
and William
Zeckendorf,
Jr.
Wednesday,
September
8 – Center
for Architecture
AN
EVENING
WITH RKT&B
ARCHITECTS
Since
its founding
in 1963,
Rothzeid
Kaiserman
Thomson & Bee
has been
involved
in housing
design
in New
York City
and surrounding
communities.
The breadth
of its
housing
portfolio
covers
virtually
every form
and income
level built
in the
city
since
the 1970s.
RKT&B's
housing
work
is particularly
identified
with
its
pioneering
efforts
in the
adaptive
reuse
of existing
manufacturing
and commercial
buildings.
Most
recently
the firm
has been
involved
projects
such
as the
Towers
Residences
(with
Perkins
Eastman)
on Central
Park West,
and the
development
of an
infill
prototype
with
pilot
projects
completed
in Brooklyn.
In recognition
of its
contribution
to housing
design,
the firm
received
the
Pioneer
in Housing
Award from
the AIA
New York
Chapter in
2001.
The presentation will trace the history and evolution of the firm's housing work; and Carmi Bee, FAIA, Professor of Architecture at the City College of New York, will share thoughts on the relationship between the teaching and practice of housing design and how it has changed over the last 25 years.
September
17,
18 & 19
LEARNING
FROM
LOWER
MANHATTAN
CONFERENCE
Learning from Lower Manhattan is a national conference presented by The American Institute of Architects New York Chapter and the following AIA National Component Knowledge Communities: the Regional and Urban Design Committee, the Housing Committee, the Public Architects Committee, the Committee on the Environment, and The Center for Livable Communities.
This conference will bring together architects and urban designers from around the nation to explore how New York is rebuilding after 9/11. Speakers and symposia will look at more than the World Trade Center site and Lower Manhattan. How has 9/11 affected thinking about the region, and how will rebuilding strengthen the region? The conference will foster a better understanding of what is being done right, what is missing, and what could be done better in Lower Manhattan and the New York region. It will generate discussion of lessons learned that might help others to achieve their goals in regional, urban, and downtown design for the 21st century.
Housing
Events are
scheduled for:
Friday,
September 17
Four
Housing Tours
in Lower
Manhattan:
Financial
District: Conversion
of Office
Buildings in
Historic CBD
Battery
Park City:
New Mixed-Use
Residential District
Lower
East Side:
Restoration and
Infill Housing
in Historic
District
Tribeca
/ West
Street: Conversions
of Loft
Buildings & New
Infill Housing
in Manufacturing
District
Saturday,
September 18
National
AIA Housing
Committee Meeting
Lower
Manhattan Housing
Panel
Monday,
October 25 – Center for Architecture
MEMORIAL TRIBUTE FOR JOSEPH WASSERMAN, FAIA
Co-Sponsored with the Planning & Urban Design Committee
Joseph Wasserman passed away June 25, 2004 after a long and distinguished
career as a member of the AIA New York Chapter. His firm, Hoberman & Wasserman,
exemplified the impact of modern design in housing and community
planning. The firm began with the winning design for the Roosevelt
Memorial Competition in Washington, DC., and designed many notable
projects over a period of thirty years, including 1,200 units of
UDC housing. His
last project in the city, where he was
both architect and developer, combined
mixed-use housing on the avenue with beautifully
composed townhouses on side streets in the upper west side of Manhattan.
In 1991 he retired to the Berkshires, where he renovated a city block
and designed and operated a movie theater in Great Barrington, MA
- film was a second love. He was an active member of the AIA New
York Chapter, where he served as President and long time member of
the Housing Committee. In 1987 he was awarded the AIANY Pioneer in
Housing Award in recognition of his distinguished contribution to
housing and community design.
The event will feature speakers who will remember Joe followed by excerpts of a film which he commissioned on his life and work. This tribute will be a continuation of a memorable presentation Joe gave at the Center for Architecture in November 2003.
Monday
November 1
2004 RATENSKY LECTURE BY WILLIAM J CONKLIN,
FAIA:
Experiments in the Environment/Social
Interface of Housing
Co-Sponsored
with the Planning & Urban
Design Committee
William J. Conklin, formerly of Conklin Rossant Architects, will present the evolution of his firm from its origins in the dreams of the Garden City movement and early Modernism. The firm was founded by Albert Mayer and Julian Whittlesey, early 20th century visionary New York architects and social reformers. The firm designed many apartment buildings and housing developments, including Manhattan House, Butterfield House, 333 East 69th Street, the new town of Reston, VA, and the original Lower Manhattan Plan. Hundreds of thousands of people today now live in environments affected by its work. The talk will be illustrated by images of the firm's work, both built and unbuilt.
The annual Ratensky Lecture was initiated by the AIA New York Chapter in honor of Samuel Ratensky (1910-1972), an architect and housing official who was responsible for major housing initiatives in the city from 1946 to 1972, and who served as a mentor to the many architects who worked in his programs. The lecture series honors individuals who, like Sam Ratensky, have made significant lifetime contributions to the advancement of housing and community design.
Introduction: Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, ACSA Distinguished Professor
Special thanks to the AIANY Chapter George Lewis Fund for sponsoring this event.
2003
EVENTS WITH FOCUS ON HOUSING
Co-sponsored by the Housing Committee
& Planning and Urban Design Committee
Monday,
May 5 – Hafele Showroom
MICHAEL KWARTLER ON HOUSING WE LOVE
BUT CAN'T BUILD AGAIN UNDER CURRENT ZONING
Introduction
by George
Miller, FAIA, President, AIA New York Chapter
From his perspective as architect and urban designer, Michael Kwartler, FAIA, will explore with us low-rise high density housing that was built before 1961 and the current zoning resolution. This is an area of study within the newly formed AIA/NYC Housing Task Force to investigate meaningful changes in zoning and building codes to promote the production of affordable housing. The presentation will include slides of relevant examples and focus on what lessons we can learn from the planning and design of earlier, successful housing types.
Friday,
May 16 – 200 Lexington Avenue
THE NEW HOUSING MARKETPLACE:
CREATING HOUSING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development will review the Mayor's recently announced $3 billion, five year plan for building and rehabilitating 65,000 housing units.
Introduction: George Miller, FAIA, President, AIA New York Chapter
Speakers
William Traylor, Deputy Commissioner for Development & VP for Public
Finance at HDC
Carol Clar, Assistant Commissioner for Local Legislative Affairs
Monday,
May 19, Hafele Showroom
THEODORE LIEBMAN ON
THE NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (UDC)
Introduction by George Miller, FAIA, President,
AIA NY Chapter
From his perspective as former Chief of Architecture at UDC, Theodore Liebman, FAIA, principal of The Liebman Melting Partnership, will discuss the agency in terms of how and why it started, the dynamics of State and City tensions, and its substantial accomplishments in development of new housing throughout the state. The talk will include slides of relevant housing examples, and will touch on the fundamental politics of dealing with cities, mix of incomes, attempts at bringing low-income family units to Westchester County, and President Nixon's freeze on funding and it's impact. He will also review the changes in architectural philosophy from 1971 to 1975 that shifted emphasis to low-rise high density and feedback from the UDC experience.
Mr. Liebman is presenting again for those who were unable to attend on April 7, the night of the spring blizzard. In spite of the snow, approximately 40 people attended and we had an enjoyable evening at the Hafele Showroom.
Monday,
June 2 – 200 Lexington Avenue
THE NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY(NYCHA): FROM 1934 TO THE PRESENT
The NYCHA Design Department will present seven decades of housing design: from "First Houses" to "towers in the park" and return to modern contextualism. NYCHA has employed some of the best architectural talents, and continues to do so as evidenced by recent designs. NYCHA is the largest provider of public housing in the U.S. with 345 developments and over 500,000 residents, which are supported by educational, cultural, recreational, and daycare programs. In spite of the failures of public housing in other cities, NYCHA remains a viable affordable housing option, with full occupancy and a large waiting list.
Introduction: George Miller, FAIA, President, AIA New York Chapter
Speaker
Eftihia
Tsitiridis, AIA,
Deputy Director of Design, New York City Housing Authority
Friday,
June 20 – 200 Lexington Avenue
CREATING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES
IN NYC'S CURRENT & EMERGING
NEIGHBORHOODS
The New York City Department of City Planning will present its zoning initiatives to facilitate the Mayor's recently announced $3 billion, five year plan for building and rehabilitating 65,000 housing units.
Introduction: George Miller, FAIA, President, AIA New York Chapter
Speaker
Richard Barth, Executive Director, NYC Department
of City Planning
Monday,
July 14 – Hafele Showroom
AN EVENING WITH FIVE ARCHITECTS:
A
survey of recent market-rate housing
This is the first of a 2003-2004 series of presentations of work
by AIA NY Chapter architects, in conjunction with the winter issue
of Oculus: "Everything
housing from homeless shelters to luxury living". The next
event in September will be on affordable housing.
Introduction: George Miller, FAIA, President, AIA New York Chapter
Architects
The Stephen B. Jacobs Group, P.C.
Stephen B. Jacobs, FAIA will present 120 West 21st Street Apartments,
a study in creative contextual zoning for the design of 200
rental units in Chelsea.
Meltzer/Mandl
Architects, P.C.
Marvin Meltzer, AIA will present 57 Bond Street, a six-story,
ten unit condominium with a curving facade and 12-ft. high
floors on a former gas station site in NoHo
Gruzen
Samton Architects Planners & Interior Designers, LLP
Scott Keller, AIA will present the award winning TriBeCa
Pointe, a 42-story tower on a 7- story base attached
to Stuyvesant High School in Battery Park City
Costas
Kondylis & Partners LLP Architects
Costas Kondylis, AIA and David West, AIA will present
1 Morton Square, a new residential block that "mixes
townhouses, condominiums and rentals into a distinctive
urban design" on West
Street, scheduled for completion in 2004.
Gary
Edward Handel + Associates, LLP
Gary E. Handel, AIA will present the Lincoln Square
complex in Manhattan and the more recent Millennium
Place in Boston as "laboratories for
a new model of high-density, mixed-use residential
development that provides the critical mass to transform urban areas."
Monday, September 8 – Hafele Showroom
EMERGING DESIGN OUTSIDE THE MANHATTAN CORE:
A survey of recent affordable housing
This is a continuation of the series of presentations of work by AIA New York Chapter architects, in conjunction with the winter issue of Oculus: "Everything housing from homeless shelters to luxury living." The presentation offers the opportunity to see examples of housing being developed under HPD and other affordable housing programs, and will cover a range of scales from single buildings to city blocks and new community development in the ongoing revitalization of older neighborhoods throughout the city.
Introduction
Chris Cirillo, Managing Director, Division of Neighborhood Planning, Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Architects
GF55 Architects
David Gross, AIA will present Madison Court, a contextual mid-rise city block development with ground floor retail on Madison Avenue and townhouses on East 117th and 118th Streets in Harlem.
Roberta Washington Architects, P.C.
Roberta Washington, AIA will present 1400 Fifth Avenue, a contextual green condominium development with ground floor retail on Fifth Avenue and townhouses on West 116th Street in Harlem.
Delacour & Ferrara Architects, P.C.
Wids DeLaCour, AIA, will present two and three-family townhouses in various locations outside the Manhattan Core.
Curtis + Ginsberg Architects LLP
Mark Ginsberg, AIA, will present community designs for the Morrisania district of the Bronx: the Third Avenue zoning and urban design study; Taino Plaza housing; and Morrisania Air Rights Houses.
Magnusson Architecture and Planning, P.C.
Magnus Magnusson, AIA, will present case studies of two new communities: the development of Melrose Commons in the Bronx; and Rheingold Gardens, the redevelopment of the former Rheingold Brewery site in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Friday, September 19 – 200 Lexington Avenue
TEN STEPS TO CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN NYC: A presentation by the AIA New York Chapter Housing Task Force
In December 2002, Mayor Bloomberg announced a program to stimulate construction of 65,000 new and renovated housing units. In response, the AIA New York Chapter convened the Housing Task Force to enhance the Mayor's initiatives by looking at issues that limit the quality and quantity of housing production. Deputy Mayor Doctoroff has responded favorably by requesting relevant agencies to review the recently completed Task Force report, and to collaborate with the Chapter on ideas outlined in the report. The presentation will be made by members of Task Force responsible for its specific recommendations.
Introduction
George Miller, FAIA, President, AIA New York Chapter
Zoning Resolution Recommendations
Mark Ginsberg, AIA, Task Force Chair
Theodore Liebman, FAIA
Michael Kwartler FAIA
Building Code Recommendations
Herbert Mandel, AIA
Susan Wright, AIA
Richard Visconti, AIA
Zoning + Building Code Recommendations
Michael Gelfand, AIA
Friday, October 17 – Center for Architecture
PROPOSED WEST CHELSEA REZONING
The Manhattan Office of the Department of City Planning will present its plans for West Chelsea, including access and improvements along the High Line, upzoning various parcels to residential use, provisions for affordable housing, and preservation of the manufacturing and gallery core.
Speakers
Vishaan Chakrabarti, Director Manhattan Office
Jeff Mulligan, Project Director
Irik Botsford, Project Director
Monday, November 3 – Center for Architecture
AN EVENING WITH JOSEPH WASSERMAN, FAIA
The firm of Hoberman & Wasserman exemplifies the impact of modern design in housing and neighborhood planning. As young architects, the principals got their start by winning the Roosevelt Memorial Competition in Washington, D.C., and in response to the opportunities offered under Mayor Lindsay and Governor Rockefeller, started a housing firm that designed many notable projects in the city over a period of thirty years. Mr. Wasserman's last project in the upper west side of Manhattan, where he was both architect and developer, combined mid-rise mixed use housing on the avenue with beautifully composed town houses on the side streets. Mr. Wasserman has been an active member of the AIA New York Chapter, where he served as president, and in 1987 his contribution to housing design was recognized by the Pioneer in Housing Award.
Introductions
Mark Ginsberg, AIA, President Elect, AIA New York Chapter
Theodore Liebman, FAIA, The Liebman Melting Partnership
Peter Samton, FAIA, Gruzen Samton Architects Planners & Interior
Design, LLP
Wednesday, November 19 – Center for Architecture
2003 AIANY RATENSKY LECTURE BY MICHAEL PYATOK, FAIA
Michael Pyatok, principal of Pyatok Architects in Oakland, California, and Professor of Architecture at the University of Washington, has been invited to give the AIA New York Chapter 2003 Ratensky Lecture.
Michael Pyatok is a nationally recognized designer of affordable housing whose work has been featured in the national media, including Newsweek and Atlantic Monthly, and is the recipient of numerous design awards. Mr. Pyatok is best known for his innovative design work and for his efforts to assist in the creation of community groups that design and build low-income housing projects. Mr. Pyatok, a Brooklyn native and graduate of Pratt Institute and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, is the recipient of the AIA New York Chapter 2003 Pioneer in Housing Award. His work will be shown in the Architectural League's "Urban Life: Housing in the Contemporary City" exhibition at the Urban Center, which runs from October 17 through December 4.
The annual Ratensky Lecture was initiated by the AIA New York Chapter in honor of Samuel Ratensky (1910–1972), an architect and housing official who was responsible for major housing initiatives in the city from 1946 to 1972, and who served as a mentor to the many architects who worked in his programs. The lecture series honors individuals who, like Sam Ratensky and Michael Pyatok, have made significant lifetime contributions to the advancement of housing design.
Introductions
George Miller, FAIA, President, AIA New York Chapter, Pei Cobb Fried & Partners, LLP
Carmi Bee, FAIA, Professor of Architecture, CUNY
Rothside Kaiserman Thomson & Bee, P.C.
Alex Ratensky, AIA, Founding Dean, School of Architecture, University of South Florida
Theodore Liebman, FAIA, The Liebman Melting Partnership