This ideas competition has as its dual goals an anchoring of this neighborhood with its rich history and an envisioning of its future edge condition. Competition entrants are asked to consider ways to ground this rapidly changing community as well as to reforge connections, both material and metaphoric, with the contemporary Manhattan urban fabric.
The principal element of the program is a Community Center/Galleries for the Seamen’s Church Institute, to be constructed on a new pier over the water. In addition, Competitors are encouraged to make interventions in open spaces throughout the remainder of the site.
Space Requirements
Included square footages are intended only as a general framework.
Archive/ Gallery
(1,000 sf)
+Historic exhibition space to display the paintings, models, and artifacts of the SCI collection
Maritime Technology Exhibition Space
(1,000 sf)
+ Space for education of the public on the future of marine technology and science
Library
(2,000 sf)
+ Librarian offices
+ Computer lab
+ Stacks
+ Activity room
+ Map room
Educational Classrooms
(5,000 sf)
+ Auditorium, 300 people
+( 3) 30-person public workshop rooms
Café
(1,500 sf)
+ Kichen / prep area
+ Bathrooms
+ Food storage area
+ Interior and exterior public seating
Sanctuary Space
(5,000 sf)
+ 3 flexible non-denominational open areas that can accommodate individual meditation and larger scale worship. Intended to act as a complement to the existing chapel, possibly involving open air sanctuaries
