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04.01.08
e-OCULUS is moving into new Internet realms. If you are a member of Facebook, be sure to join the e-OCULUS group (in addition to the Center for Architecture/AIANY group, and the Emerging NY Architects group).
- Jessica Sheridan, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP
Event: Advocacy Week
Date: 03.24-28.08
Organizers: AIA National; AIANY
Advocacy Week meeting at the District Office of Congresswoman Nydia Velàzquez included (l-r): Rick Bell, FAIA, AIANY Executive Director; Andrew Goldberg, Assoc. AIA, AIA National’s Senior Director for Federal Relations; AIANY Vice President Tony Schirripa, AIA; Don Weston, AIA Brooklyn; Rep. Velàzquez; Frank Lo Presto, AIA, AIA Brooklyn President; Marcus Marino, AIA, AIA Staten Island President; Laura Manville, AIANY Policy Coordinator; and Cynthia Kracauer, AIA, LEED AP, AIANY Managing Director.
Dan Wiley
AIA Advocacy Week 2008 was an effort to organize hundreds of meetings nationwide with members of Congress during the congressional recess, March 24-28. Since AIA members can bring expertise in the design field to the attention of elected leaders, hopefully key issues will be brought forth on a larger platform. Nearly 800 AIA volunteer leaders and executives laid the groundwork for Advocacy Week during the annual Grassroots Leadership and Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, February 20-23.
“Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy, and nowhere is that more clear than in NYC,” said Congresswoman Nydia M. Velàzquez, chairwoman of the House Committee on Small Business, who believes small businesses help make the city vibrant and diverse. A high point of 2008 Advocacy Week was a meeting on March 27 with Velàzquez during which AIA leaders exchanged ideas about the three key AIA National Legislative Priorities for 2008: Public Transportation Funding, Energy Efficient Buildings, and Eliminating Federal Contract Retainage Rules on Architects and Engineers. Representatives from three NYC AIA Components, including AIA Brooklyn President Frank Lo Presto, AIA, AIA Staten Island President Marcus Marino, AIA, and AIA New York Vice President Tony Schirripa, AIA, attended the meeting.
As NYC’s senior member on the House Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, Velàzquez was particularly interested in AIANY’s sesquicentennial blueprint initiative, Via Verde, a community-based public-private partnership that will result in the construction of over 200 units of sustainable, affordable housing in the South Bronx, designed by Phipps Rose Dattner Grimshaw. With her district spanning three boroughs and including neighborhoods as diverse as Red Hook, Bushwick, SoHo, and the Lower East Side, Velàzquez was also interested in AIANY’s dedication to cross-cultural interaction — such as the Berlin-New York Dialogues: Building in Context exhibition, currently on view at the German Architecture Center in Berlin.
Similar discussions took place throughout Advocacy Week in the 15th Congressional District, home to House Ways and Means Committee Chair Charles Rangel. AIANY President James McCullar, FAIA, shared thoughts with Michelle Sherwood, Rangel’s legislative counsel, on how to best incorporate energy saving features and incentives into affordable housing, noting that his firm designed a project nearing completion on West 123rd Street in the Congressman’s district.
Other events that highlighted the AIANY’s concerns about these three issues, as well as our 24/7 “everyday advocacy,” included programs at the Center for Architecture and testimony at City Council. Laura Manville, AIANY policy coordinator, attended a council hearing on congestion pricing, submitting the Chapter’s testimony in favor of the plan. New York New Visions and the Chapter’s Planning & Urban Design and Transportation & Infrastructure Committees hosted a presentation of the MTA’s Capital Plan, and its relation to the congestion pricing proposals. Participants included the MTA’s William Wheeler, AIA, director of special project development and planning, Gregory Kullberg, director of capital program budgets, and Nina Haiman of the Office of Planning and Sustainability of NYC Department of Transportation. McCullar introduced the panel by putting transportation-based planning in the context of Advocacy Week, PlaNYC,
and AIANY “Designs for Living” annual
theme.
Andrew Goldberg, Assoc. AIA, AIA National’s senior director for federal relations, joined local component leaders and staff for many of the Advocacy Week events, including the Velazquez and MTA meetings, as well as the City Council hearing on Governors Island convened by Councilmember Alan Gerson as chair of the Committee on Lower Manhattan Redevelopment.
Rick Bell, FAIA, is the AIANY Executive Director. Laura Manville is the AIANY Policy Coordinator.
Event: AIANY Biennial Building Type Awards jury
Location: Center for Architecture, 03.15.08
Urban Design Jury: Martha Lampkin Welborne, FAIA — Managing Director, Grand Avenue Committee (Los Angeles); M. David Lee, FAIA — Vice President, Stull and Lee (Boston); Thomas Fisher, Assoc. AIA — Dean & Professor, College of Design, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis)
Sustainable Design Jury: Craig A. Curtis, Assoc. AIA — Partner, The Miller Hull Partnership (Seattle); Stephen J. Kieran, FAIA — Principal, Kieran Timberlake Associates (Philadelphia); Meredith Elbaum, AIA, LEED AP — Director of Sustainable Design, Sasaki Associates (Watertown, MA)
Educational Facility Design Jury: Jane H. Weinzapfel, FAIA — Principal, Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects (Boston); John Weekes, AIA — Principal, Dull Olson Weekes Architects (DOWA) (Portland, OR); John Comazzi — W+C Willkins + Comazzi (Ann Arbor)
Organizers: AIANY; Boston Society of Architects
2008 marks the first AIA New York Chapter Building Type Design Awards (BTA), hosted by AIANY and co-sponsored by the Boston Society of Architects (BSA). The program recognizes excellence and innovation in the design of selected building types and design-related disciplines, and to honor their architects, clients, and consultants. This year’s awards are for Urban Design, Sustainable Design, and Educational Facility Design. 2009 will feature Health and Housing Facilities.
For a full list of winning entries, go to the Names in the News section.
Urban Design: 1+1 = 3
By Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, Eric C.Y. Fang, AIA, Jeffrey Raven, AIA
The BTA program for urban design is slated to advance the discussion about design in the city. Creative approaches will tackle the challenges and opportunities in cities facing diminished resources.
The jury stressed that small scale can play a big role in the urban fabric, and that the design of cities does not have to be about big gestures. Honor Awards went to a pair of designs that carve meaningful public space and make key urban connections out of marginal opportunities. At 55 Water Street Plaza, Rogers Marvel Architects addressed the increasingly common problem of creating successful public space on urban rooftops. This project not only created a vital new public space out of a barren and underutilized elevated plaza, but also used architecture to ensure visibility and accessibility.
Zakrzewski + Hyde Architects’ ambitious Hudson Square RISE (which also won a 2008 AIANY Project Design Merit Award), exploited the rooftop of a NYC maintenance garage to create new open space, a mix of residential and institutional development, and pedestrian connections to Hudson River Park.
The jury also gave a Merit Award to the Long Island Rail Road East Side Access and 50th Street Ventilation Facility, designed by DMJM Harris as a sub-consultant to the joint venture group of PB, STV, and Parsons Transportation Group. The project shows how to sensitively integrate monumental infrastructure into the city and introduce new neighborhood-scaled public spaces.
Three additional Merit Awards dealt with rebuilding in the aftermath of global climate change-driven catastrophe (Frederic Schwartz Architects’ Unified Plan for New Orleans District 3 and 4), using the redevelopment of obsolete industrial sites to repair the fabric of an historic European city (Robert A.M. Stern Architects’ Musiskwartier), and devising new ways to approach security in the post 9/11 world (Rogers Marvel Architects and Ritter Architects’ Pentagon Reservation: Perimeter Security & Pedestrian Plaza).
Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, is the chair of the AIANY Planning & Urban Design committee. Eric C.Y. Fang, AIA, and Jeffrey Raven, AIA are committee members.
Viewing Architectural Excellence Through a Sustainability Lens
By Kelli Ersing, Assoc. AIA
Winning entries in the Sustainable Design category offered a marriage of art and science. From a field of 34 entries, jurors sought criteria that included: beauty; measurable environmental performance; best practices; and ability to become case studies for the future. “Projects need to have both substance and art,” stated juror Stephen J. Kieran, FAIA. “It may be a beautiful building but it needs to have verifiable performance.” Juror Meredith Elbaum, AIA, LEED AP, noted,
Honor Award winners reflect best practices that take the greening process to the next level. The jury felt that BKSK Architects’ Queens Botanical Garden Visitor & Administration Center’s working roofs with water reclamation and integrated photovoltaic systems exemplify how sustainability can drive the design process. A complete retrofit with fully responsive building systems, the Inland Steel Building Restoration, by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, demonstrates a unique, high performance approach to renovating existing buildings. Both projects stood out to the jury as potential industry case studies showcasing strategies and processes. Setting a precedent in energy efficient design, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates’ 100 VE — Unilever London Headquarters renovation resulted in a 25% reduction in carbon emissions, while the heat load reduction and daylighting techniques employed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop in association with FXFOWLE Architects
in The New York Times Building is slated to reduce annual energy use by 20-30%.
The jury felt Polshek Partnership Architects’ Sarah Lawrence College Monika A. and Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Visual Arts Center’s use of solar orientation and material selection for its site-informed design warranted a Merit Award. Also, Harvard University’s Library Services Building, designed by, Leers Weinzapfel Associates and Samuel Anderson Architects, showed integrated daylighting energy solutions in a program adapted to get the most from its urban site.
Jurors agreed that to move to the next level, sustainability needed a market transformation and rethinking of the process. Juror Craig A. Curtis, Assoc. AIA, concluded, “A balance is needed between beautiful architecture and sustainable design that is appropriate and integrated. Sustainability as an integral part of design needs to be discussed.”
Kelli Ersing, Assoc. AIA, is a member of the AIANY Committee on the Environment (COTE).
Event: New York/China Dialogues
Location: The Center for Architecture, 03.20.08
Speakers: Li Chung (Sandi) Pei, AIA — Partner, Pei Partnership Architects; James von Klemperer, FAIA — Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; Frederick Bland, FAIA, AICP — Managing Partner, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners; Calvin Tsao, FAIA — Co-Founder, Tsao & McKown Architects
Moderator: Susan Chin, FAIA — Assistant Commissioner, Capital Projects, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Organizers: Center for Architecture
Sponsors: Patron: Digital Plus; Supporters: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners; EDAW; Jerome and Kenneth Lipper Foundation; Friends: Bartco Lighting; Häfele; Ibex Construction; Let There Be Neon; Tsao & McKown Architects
Vernacular architecture in Suzhou.
Annique Fung
Beyond the simple exportation of Western design, there is an opportunity for two-way exchange between China and New York. Because of China’s building boom, James von Klemperer, FAIA, a principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), sees parallels to “what happened in New York 100 years ago.” “For those of us who think we understand urbanism living in New York, going to China will teach you a lot,” stated Frederick Bland, FAIA, AICP, managing partner of Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners (BBB).
With a long history working in China, Pei Partnership Architects melds geometric Modernism with spatial sequences and materials that “evoke what is familiar to the Chinese,” according to partner Li Chung (Sandi) Pei, AIA. In the Suzhou Museum, designed in conjunction with I.M. Pei Architect, for example, gray tiled roofs and white plastered walls echo ancient stone techniques. Similarly, KPF created a pedestrian network of through-block connections at the base of the Jingan Complex, drawing inspiration from the fine grain of Shanghai’s traditional urban blocks. Taking clues from the “ingredients” of the Bund, BBB’s Nanjing Road Urban Design Project for People’s Square in Shanghai incorporates water, open green space, and both historic and contemporary buildings to re-brand People’s Square as a “Spectacle Zone” that functions for Shanghai much like Time Square does for NYC.
Shifting focus from the specificities of design to the logistics of urban development, Calvin Tsao, FAIA, co-founder of Tsao & McKown Architects, has teamed with his developer brother and various NGOs to propose economic and community development strategies to improve living conditions in China. In Chengdu, for example, Tsao and his partners proposed land use regulations that focus development in urbanized centers and preserve open space, and specific neighborhood plans that integrate schools, hospitals, and other community services.
The future of east-west architectural exchange is developing. Pei sees an “emergence of a synergy between Western and Chinese architecture practices,” while Tsao more cautiously urges focus on the specificity of place and culture to avoid the “import and export of architecture as product.” While acknowledging “the enormity of problems” in China, Bland believes there is “potential to effect change,” and it is up to architects globally to promote preservation, “not just of buildings, but of a society and a way of life.”
Gregory Haley, AIA, AICP, LEED AP, is a project architect and urban designer at Studio V Architecture, and has taught at the Boston Architectural Center and NYIT School of Architecture.
Deutsch Arkitektur Zentrum, Berlin (left) and Center for Architecture, NYC (right).
Courtesy Google Earth.
The final installment of Berlin-New York Dialogues took place March 3-7 in Berlin. The DAZ (Deutsch Arkitektur Zentrum, or German Architecture Center), hosted an opening party for AIANY Emerging Practices and several up-and-coming Berlin architects at the GLAZHAUS, and the Berlin-New York Dialogues: Building in Context exhibition, that recently closed at NYC’s Center for Architecture, re-opened to a VIP press party on March 7 in Berlin. I was among many Chapter members who came to both the well attended openings.
The Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA), a professional organization similar to the AIA, played host to the weeklong event. National BDA president Michael Frielinghaus made the trip from Stuttgart to speak about the value of the exchange between the two cities. He and the many National BDA board members who came hoped for even more dialog between the BDA and AIANY.
The week featured mobile workshops in the neighborhood of Kreuzberg, illuminating common struggles of balancing reclaimed industrial waterfronts used for public access with trying to maintain a working waterfront. Planners Ronald Schiffman, FAICP, Hon. AIA (NYC) and Peter Zolinski (Germany) gathered experts to discuss the subtle variations in urban planning approaches. Kreuzberg, for example, marks a surgical, or “tweezers” approach to renewing the neighborhood. Family by family, shop owner by shop owner, changes are made to the urban fabric, succeeding where attempts with large brushstrokes have failed. Using local people as cornerstones differs from an American urban renewal approach that looks to organizations and medium to large commercial enterprises to anchor a neighborhood. The developments in Kreuzberg do not rely on attracting big box stores or developers to construct whole city blocks; rather, individuals and their families implement ideas, making
many small yet effective moves.
The Akademie der Kunst on Pariser Platz hosted a “Terrain Vague” dialogue. Presentations by Claire Weisz, AIA, Charles Renfro, AIA, Susan Chin, FAIA, and Greg O’Connell were balanced by Berlin architects Louisa Hutton, RIBA, Markus Bader, Winfred Haefner, and others. Zolinsky and Schiffman closed the event summarizing not only the day, but also the entire exchange over the years.
Berlin can be seen as a “City of Voids,” seeking an identity and historical context that can be proudly expressed by the public. It relies on small entrepreneurs to renew itself in the current economy as it struggles with too few city dwellers and too much land area — half the population of NYC and twice the land area. NYC, on the other hand, constantly renews itself, cycling through economic and social changes. A robust economy and geography have pushed the Terrain Vague, or unused areas in the city, to the perimeter leaving the city center largely closed to the poor or even the middle class. Its urban renewal is often at odds with community groups, developers, and/or city planners. The struggles facing the two cities are similar and the exchange of ideas should help uncover solutions.
Having lived and worked in Berlin in the early 1990s, I saw the possibilities offered by competition proposals and visionary lectures. I lived through the euphoric reunification and its disappointing realities. Berlin is a city still struggling to find its identity as many neighborhoods are still being sewn together. Berlin is a work in progress, as is NYC. The Berlin-New York Dialogue is not just a lengthy symposium but, as Frielinghaus argued, the start of a long learning relationship.
Illya Azaroff, AIA, is the AIANY Vice President of Design Excellence.
Event: Emerging Voices Lecture Series
Location: New Museum of Contemporary Art, 03.19.08
Speakers: Anne Rieselbach — Program Director, The Architectural League of New York (Introduction); Nat Oppenheimer — Director, The Architectural League of New York (Master of Ceremonies); Brian Johnsen, AIA, Sebastian Schmaling — Principals, Johnsen Schmaling Architects; Granger Moorhead, Robert Moorhead — Partners, Moorhead & Moorhead
Organizer: The Architectural League of New York
Johnsen Schmaling Architects’ Parts House Pavilion incorporates moveable panels (left). Moorhead & Moorhead’s Mobile Chaplet is a woven traveling place of worship.
Johnsen Schmaling Architects (left); Moorhead & Moorhead (right)
Moorhead & Moorhead is a multidisciplinary NY-based studio led by Granger Moorhead, an architectural designer, and brother Robert Moorhead, an industrial designer. They admire materials and craftsmanship, and described how testing the potential of weaving and folding gave birth to some wild-looking yet highly practical designs. One weaving experiment led to the carbon-fiber Filament Wound Bench, resembling a donut wrapped in a fishnet stocking. Created using a manufacturing process commonly used for large-but-light items such as aircraft fuselage, the 54-inch-diameter bench weighs a mere 17 pounds.
A week-long weaving binge with their architect father yielded the Mobile Chaplet: a traveling chapel with a curvy mesh canopy made of two layers of thermoplastic-composite rods woven together. The canopy doubles as a backrest for a built-in bench, and its porous form offers a veil of privacy that still allows views of the surrounding landscape, Granger explained.
For Johnsen Schmaling Architects, Brian Johnsen, AIA, and Sebastian Schmaling believe, “the size and budgets of the projects are so limited, we have to make sure that the structures themselves are simple, so we have a little bit of wiggle room to explore the issues that we’re interested in: skin, materiality, tectonics, and context.” Most of those issues came into play in one early, defining project, the Parts House Pavilion, completed a year after the Milwaukee-based firm formed in 2002. The pavilion features movable colored Acrylite panels that can be rearranged into various Mondrianesque configurations, forming shifting frames for the surrounding cityscape and architecture. (The cheery colors in contrast to the gray city might be termed a “Milwaukee mood enhancer,” Johnsen quipped.) The windows draw public attention, too, and the client’s penchant for rearranging them earned him a neighborhood nickname as “the South Side
Picasso,” Schmaling said.
The award-winning Camouflage House in Green Lake, Wisconsin, shows a similar interest in framing and context. The building façade echoes surrounding trees with layers of thin, vertical strips of untreated cedar, Prodema panels in foliage colors, and clear glass. In a renovation of a former brewery, walls made of beer bottles provide a nod to the building’s historical ties to another of Milwaukee’s famous mood enhancers.
Lisa Delgado is a freelance journalist who has written for The Architect’s Newspaper, Blueprint, and Wired, among other publications.
Event: The Mannahatta Project
Location: Center for Architecture, 02.15.08
Speakers: Eric Sanderson, Ph.D. — Associate Director, Living Landscape Program; Tom Jost — Director of Planning, Arup; Glenn Phillips — Executive Director, NYC Audubon; James Karl Fischer, AIA, RIBA, Ph.D. — Co-Chair, AIANY International Committee
Moderator: Ernie Hutton, FAICP, Assoc. AIA — Co-Chair, AIANY Planning & Urban Design Committee
Organizers: AIANY Planning & Urban Design Committee
The Upper West Side in 1609.
Courtesy Wildlife Conservation Society
It’s hard to imagine that 54 distinct ecosystems once existed on the island of Mannahatta — the land of many hills in the Lenape Indian dialect. Some traces of what once was has been commemorated by their names — Murray Hill and Canal Street, for example — but the marshes, beaches, and forests that once dotted the landscape are long gone and mostly forgotten. Did you know that there once was a beach on 125th Street and the Hudson River? An orchard on the Bowery? A Red Maple Swamp in Times Square?
Eric Sanderson, an ecologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society who is in charge of its “human footprint” project has been studying military maps from the American Revolution, early 19th century topographic surveys, and bird-watching and plant surveys to build a digital model of primeval Manhattan. Sanderson’s Mannahatta Project will compile the data and map the history of the island with GPS precision to show us what Manhattan looked like when Henry Hudson sailed the western shore in 1609, from the landscape to Native Americans and the wolves, mountain lion, and elk. He is planning to publish a book, website, and possibly curate an exhibition in time for the quadricentennial celebration of Hudson’s discovery. The highlight of the project will be virtual 3-D mapping of places like Times Square, complete with images from 400 years ago and projections 400 years from now. Eventually, he would like to recreate views on bus shelters or install
plaques around the city pointing to landscape features that no longer
exist.
Sanderson talked about a system he calls the Muir Web, named after naturalist John Muir, that shows how each species of plant, animal, and habitat forms a web of dependency. Panelist James Karl Fischer, AIA, RIBA, PhD, commented that it would be better if conservationists started with Charles Darwin and proceeded on to Muir. This “would allow one to produce better strategies to confront contemporary wildlife issues. Darwin speaks of ubiquitous impacts, not a static balance.”
Sanderson’s presentation included a split-view map of Manhattan — the left side was untouched and forested, and the right was filled with today’s skyscrapers. “The Mannahatta Project,” says Sanderson, “is not only a look into our past, but also a look forward to our future. It is the decisions we make now… that shape our planet and will endure as our legacy into the future.”
Event: City College of NY (CCNY) School of Architecture Lecture Series: Herman Hertzberger
Location: CCNY School of Architecture, 03.20.08
Speaker: Herman Hertzberger, Hon. FAIA, Hon. FRIBA, Hon. FRIAS — Founder, Architectuurstudio HH architects and urban designers (Amsterdam)
Moderator: George Ranalli — Dean, CCNY School of Architecture
Organizer: CCNY School of Architecture
The central stairs in the Montessori College Oost in Amsterdam.
Architectuurstudio HH architects and urban designers
The creation of social space within a building drives every design for Herman Hertzberger, Hon. FAIA, Hon. FRIBA, Hon. FRIAS, founder of Architectuurstudio HH architects and urban designers in Amsterdam. This comes through especially in his school designs, which typically includes three architectural strategies: oversized stairs, split level floor plates, and the creation of an internal street or piazza.
In the Montessori College Oost in Amsterdam, a ground floor “piazza” with stairs crisscrossing overhead connects split-level classroom floors. From the stairs, students visually connect to others on floors above or below, even down to the ground floor. The stairs incorporate double-height risers to provide seating, and wood is the dominant material, as Hertzberger believes students are more likely to gather around materials that resemble desks and tabletops. In essence, the stairs are the nexus of physical interaction in the building.
Hertzberger’s use of the stair as a prominent social space was greatly influenced by a visit to Columbia University in 1967. He observed students using library stairs as a common gathering space to debate intense political issues. He relished the symbolism of students turning their back to an institution of academic knowledge, and using the building in an informal manner to better serve their needs.
The replacement of formal spaces with informal space is another layer to Hertzberger’s work. He sees buildings as mini-cities and seeks to replicate the informal characteristics of the street, rather than the formality of the square. “The square is somewhere you go — a destination that is stagnant. The street is where you move. If you pass the same person on the street a few times, perhaps you may talk to them… That is social interaction.”
Max Driscoll, LEED AP, is a junior architect at Croxton Collaborative Architects and is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council.
On March 6, an explosive device damaged the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station, designed by Architecture Research Office (ARO). When completed in 1999, the modest building contradicted the oversized glitz of Times Square. The fluorescent American flag façade seemed ironic as the surrounding flashing advertising swallowed the small pavilion. After 9/11, the recruiting station took on new meaning, standing defiantly in nationalistic pride. It seemed optimistic –standing for an America that is not burdened by the capitalism constantly encouraging people to shop. Now, its damaged entrance has taken on a new aura. It represents imperfection and frailty despite the military’s promise of safety and protection.
With all of the new development in NYC, it seems as if new buildings are competing for iconic domination, not just for air space. But while symbolism is thrown around prior to much of the construction — from Libeskind’s naming of the Freedom Tower to Tishman-Speyer’s New York Steps or Ratner’s Miss Brooklyn Tower — I wonder if anyone is concerned about how those symbols will develop post-construction.
The life of the recruiting station is not yet over, and I am not one to predict how the symbolism will change in the future. The March 6 event, however, makes me concerned for the future of the city as a whole, as designers, developers, the city, and people in positions of power continue to make bold guarantees with their latest, greatest icons.
In this issue:
· Tishman-Speyer Wins Big West Side Prize
· South Bronx Bank Note Building to House Artists, Food Market
· Brooklyn Goes Residential/Commercial Green
· A Cohousing Project to Grow in Brooklyn
· Toronto Gears Up for an Alternatively Fueled Future
· New Center Simulates for Med Students
Tishman-Speyer Wins Big West Side Prize
The Tishman-Speyer West Side Rail Yard proposal.
Courtesy tishmanspeyer.com
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor David Paterson, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Executive Director and CEO Elliot Sander, and MTA Chairman H. Dale Hemmerdinger announced the conditional selection of Tishman Speyer to develop the air space over the two development sites that compose the MTA’s John D. Caemmerer Rail Yard — the Western Rail Yard (WRY) and the Eastern Rail Yard (ERY). The design team for the project includes Murphy/Jahn Architects, master plan architect; Cooper-Robertson, master planner; and PWP Landscape Architecture. This decision ends a six-month bid process, which originally involved five competing developers. Tishman Speyer outbid a joint venture between the Durst Organization and Vornado Realty Trust — by $112 million, offering to pay $1.004 billion for the rights to develop the 26-acre site.
The Tishman Speyer proposal would construct more than 12 million square feet of commercial, residential, retail, cultural, and community space while preserving and rehabilitating the High Line’s linear open space. The complex includes 13 acres of open public space, 3,000 residential units of which 379 units will be affordable housing, 550,000 square feet of retail space, a public school, and a 200,000-square-foot cultural venue overlooking the “Forum.” The project is pursuing LEED Gold certification. The majority of the High Line on-site will be maintained as a linear park, but the plan will demolish the spur over Tenth Avenue and part of the section along 30th Street.
South Bronx Bank Note Building to House Artists, Food Market
The Bank Note Building.
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners
The redevelopment of the newly designated NYC landmark — the former American Bank Note Building in Hunts Point, has begun. Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners is redesigning the 420,000-square-foot, circa 1911 classical revival building. Taconic Investment Partners and Denham Wolf Real Estate Services purchased the building earlier this year for $32 million hoping to attract a tenant mix including visual and performing artists, architects, film production/studios, and a food market. When the building reopens in 2011 for its centennial celebration, it will be known as The BankNote.
Brooklyn Goes Residential/Commercial Green
439 Metropolitan Avenue.
Helder Design
Helder Design is aiming for LEED Platinum for a residential project on Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The three-unit condo building will have two duplex residential units and one commercial unit. Green features include radiant floor heating in conjunction with continuous filtered ventilation with heat recovery, which will bring air quality to near High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) standards, and private photovoltaic solar panel arrays for each unit. Since the building faces south, it also uses passive solar heating. An art gallery will occupy a portion of the ground floor, and the ground floor and cellar will be Helder Design’s architecture studio.
A Cohousing Project to Grow in Brooklyn
Cohousing communities are managed by residents and combine the advantages of private homes with the benefits of more sustainable living, including shared common facilities — such as a common dining hall and kitchen, children’s spaces, outdoor areas, and tool rooms. There are more than 100 cohousing communities in North America, the largest percentage being in California and Colorado. New York State currently has two such built communities — one in Ithaca, the other in Saugerties — with several more in various stages of formation. The new Brooklyn Cohousing Group is looking for a site within walking distance of Prospect Park that they can build from scratch or renovate to accommodate 30 families who will own their private apartments. Alex Marshall, senior editor of the Regional Plan Association’s newsletter, Spotlight on the Region, and his wife, Kristi Barlow founded the group a year ago. Now incorporated, they are working with Chris
Scott Hanson, who has developed cohousing communities throughout the country.
Toronto Gears Up for an Alternatively Fueled Future
West Don Lands on the Toronto Waterfront.
Courtesy waterfronttoronoto.ca
Waterfront Toronto, which oversees a 2,000-acre tract of largely publicly owned land, has selected Steven Holl Architects (SHA) to design the 3,500-square-meter District Energy Centre (DEC) in the West Don Lands, which will provide centralized heating and cooling to the first new waterfront neighborhoods of Toronto. A network of underground pipes will extend to every development parcel in the precincts, and all new buildings must rely on this system. Initially the plants will be natural gas-fired, but will be designed for conversion to alternative fuels when they become approved for urban use. Toronto-based Bortolotto Design Architect (BDA) will be collaborating with SHA. The DEC is slated to begin construction by the end of 2008 and is expected to deliver heating and cooling by the beginning of 2010.
New Center Simulates for Med Students
CELA control room.
Donald Blair & Partners Architects
The Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment (CELA), a two-floor fit-out of shell space within a larger medical research building has recently opened at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Designed by NYC-based Donald Blair & Partners Architects, CELA is a state-of-the-art clinical educational facility designed to train medical students and medical staff with two distinct programs — the Simulation Technologies Program, and the Program in Human Simulation. In the former, robots are programmed to simulate medical conditions, and in the latter, actors are trained to “perform” as patients for students to evaluate and review.
Wired for audio and video recording and observed from control rooms, the simulation rooms are designed for flexibility and can adjust to different scenarios — operating rooms, intensive care rooms, and/or emergency room settings. A Virtual Reality Room contains procedural computer training machines. CELA’s overall design incorporates the need for a realistic healthcare environment — supported by the choice of finishes, materials, healthcare standards, and equipment — combined with a comfortable learning, conference, pre-encounter briefing and post-encounter de-briefing facility.
In this issue:
· RMJM Hillier and Harvard GSD Address Architect Shortage
· 9th Annual Save-a-Sample! Box-A-Thon
· Passing: Norbert N. Turkel, AIA
· Passing: Ralph Rapson, FAIA
RMJM Hillier and Harvard GSD Address Architect Shortage
Despite the current building boom, many recent graduates from architecture and engineering schools are choosing to pursue more lucrative careers in high-tech and management consulting, according to the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS). RMJM Hillier and Harvard University Graduate School of Design announced the launch of a $2 million program to tackle a global shortage of architects.
RMJM’s $1.5 million donation, matched by another $500,000 from the Harvard GSD, establishes the “RMJM Program for Research and Education in Integrated Design Practice,” which aims to stem the “brain drain” in the design and construction industry. It is the largest cash donation received by the GSD since a donation from the Aga Khan in 1999. The program is intended to encourage more architects to enter the profession by training them to integrate business management principles and knowledge of advanced technologies with design skills, thereby improving project delivery, client satisfaction, and the bottom line.
9th Annual Save-a-Sample! Box-A-Thon
Pack up your old, discontinued fabrics, finish samples, and/or binders, and donate them to SpecSimple.com’s 9th Annual Save-a-Sample! Box-A-Thon, April 15-17. Materials will be donated to design schools around NYC. In addition to collecting literature and samples, Save-a-Sample! also raises money to fund design school scholarships. To participate in Save-a-Sample!, the organization requests that firms refer a minimum of five potential sponsors to contact on their behalf. Sponsors will be asked to pledge $25 per box. There are prizes for the top five firms to sign up sponsors. Firms’ participation will be formally recognized by the sponsors’ NY chapters: SMPS, AIA, ASID, IIDA, and USGBC.
Passing: Norbert N. Turkel, AIA
Norbert N. Turkel, AIA, passed away on March 8. Founding partner of Turkel Collaborative Architects in Manhattan, Turkel was responsible for large-scale commercial, institutional, religious, and residential architectural projects. During the 1970s, he was a leader in addressing community planning issues in Riverdale, where he lived for 40 years. Following chairmanship of the Land Use Committee, he served two terms as Chairman of Community Board 14, working to develop the concept of Natural Area Districts, initially applied to Riverdale. As architectural advisor, Community School Board 10 provided Turkel with the opportunity to influence planning for new school sitings and aesthetics. In 1961, Turkel became a faculty member of Pratt Institute School of Architecture, and taught there for more than 40 years, earning the Service Award in 1996.
Passing: Ralph Rapson, FAIA
Ralph Rapson, FAIA, one of the oldest practicing architects and dean of the University of Minnesota College of Design for 30 years, passed away March 29 at the age of 93. As principal of Ralph Rapson and Associates, his Modernist ideals spanned many sectors; projects included the original Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, 1963. Rapson preferred to think of himself as an architect, furniture designer, educator, and artist. “The word architects is a term that may be too limiting when speaking about Ralph Rapson,” states his firm’s website.
As Rapson was planning on attending this year’s AIA Convention in Boston, colleagues are encouraging all professionals to go in his honor, to celebrate his life and commitment to the profession.
Now that, except for the Nets Arena, the Atlantic Yards project is on hold, what should be done with Atlantic Yards?
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What is your opinion about Saturday's crane collapse on East 51st Street?
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The AIA’s sesquicentennial celebrations have not ended yet! Check out the Young Architect Forum Podcast, “150at150.” 150 emerging architects are interviewing 150 AIA Fellows for intergenerational discussions. Go to the AIA PodNet website, or subscribe on iTunes.
Also on the occasion of the 150th anniversary, the AIA asked more than 70 contributors to examine the complex and evolving role of America’s architects in shaping its cities and communities. Through essays, vignettes, and profiles, Architecture: Celebrating the Past, Designing the Future, provides a look at the breadth and depth of the architecture profession. If you purchase the book before April 11, you may take advantage of the pre-publication $65.00 price. Once the book is published, the price jumps to $95.00.
The AIA New York Chapter/ Boston Society of Architects The 2008 Building Type Award winners include, in the category of Sustainable Design, Honor: 100 VE — Unilever London Headquarters, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; The New York Times Building, Renzo Piano Building Workshop in association with FXFOWLE Architects (Base Building Architecture) and Gensler (Interior Architecture); Inland Steel Building Restoration, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; and The Queens Botanical Garden Visitor & Administration Center, BKSK Architects… Sustainable Design, Merit: Harvard University Library Services Building, Leers Weinzapfel Associates and Samuel Anderson Architects; Sarah Lawrence College, Monika A. and Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Visual Arts Center, Polshek Partnership Architects; and Linked Hybrid,
Steven Holl
Architects…
In the category of Urban Design, Honor: 55 Water Street Plaza, Rogers Marvel Architects; and Hudson Square RISE, Zakrzewski + Hyde Architects… Urban Design, Merit: Long Island Rail Road East Side Access and 50th Street Ventilation Facility, DMJM HARRIS — subconsultant to the joint venture group of PB, STV, and Parsons Transportation Group; Pentagon Reservation: Perimeter Security & Pedestrian Plaza, Rogers Marvel Architects and Ritter Architects; Musiskwartier, Robert A.M. Stern Architects; and Unified New Orleans Plan (District 3 and District 4), Frederic Schwartz Architects…
In the category of Educational Facility Design, Honor: Fleet Library at the Rhode Island School of Design, Office dA; Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Lyn Rice Architects; Syracuse University, The Warehouse, Gluckman Mayner Architects; Sarah Lawrence College, Monika A. and Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Visual Arts Center, Polshek Partnership Architects; and Susan P. and Richard A. Friedman Study Center, Architecture Research Office… Educational Facility Design, Merit: Grant Recital Hall, Brian Healy Architects; New York University Department of Philosophy, Steven Holl Architects; Josai School of Management, Studio SUMO; and The New York Hall of Science Preschool Teaching Park, BKSK Architects…
New York Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects 2007 Award winners include, in the category of Landscape Architectural Design, Honor Award: Keene State College Science Center Courtyard, Dirtworks; American Society of Landscape Architects’ Headquarters’ Green Roof, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates; and Townhouse Garden in the West Village, Sawyer/Berson Architecture and Landscape Architect… Merit Award: Beach House, Dirtworks; Dune Side Residence and Tupelo Groves, Edmund Hollander Landscape Architect Design; and Westshore Park and Library Green, Thomas Balsley Associates…
In the category of Planning, Analysis, Research, and Communication, Honor Award: Brooklyn Bridge Park 2005 Master Plan, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates; South Waterfront Greenway Development Plan, Thomas Balsley Associates; and Bird-Safe Building Guidelines, SCAPE… Merit Award: Times Square Bowtie Streetscape Project, Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners… In the category of Un-Built Projects, Merit Award: Reconstruction Strategies for Brownstone Brooklyn, dLandstudio; and Allegria Master Plan, EDAW…. For a complete listing of winners including project images, please click here.
Stephen Yablon Architect’s Skyfilter was awarded second place in an international competition sponsored by the Royal Institute of British Architects for the $13M corporate headquarters for a real estate development firm in northern England… The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has awarded Susan S. Szenasy, editor-in-chief of Metropolis magazine, its Patron’s Prize, as well as a Presidential Commendation for her advocacy of design excellence… ASID also honored James D. Lothrop, Jr., AIA, with the Fellowship Award… Terrence E. O’Neal, AIA, has been elected to a 3-year term (2008-2010) as AIA New York State New York Regional Director…
David Beer, FAIA, has joined Perkins Eastman as Principal specializing in hospitality, residential, office, and retail design; he was formerly principal and a founding partner at Brennan Beer Gorman Architects and Brennan Beer Gorman Monk Interiors… Kenneth Lill, AIA, President and Founder of KAL Architecture, has joined his practice with Mancini Duffy… Spacesmith announced that Michel Franck, AIA, has joined the firm as Managing Principal… Material ConneXion announced the promotion of Michele Caniato to President; and that it is establishing its fourth international licensee in Daegu Metropolitan City, Korea…
03.19.08: AIANY held a New Fellows reception at the Center for Architecture to celebrate the 17 Chapter members who advanced to Fellowship this year.
AIANY 2008 Fellows: (Top Row) Diana Agrest, FAIA, Agrest & Gandelsonas Architects; Stephen Apking, FAIA, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Ian Bader, FAIA, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners; Deborah Berke, FAIA, Deborah Berke & Partners Architects; Louise Braverman, FAIA, Louise Braverman Architect; Hillary Brown, FAIA, New Civic Works; (Middle Row) David Burney, FAIA, NYC Department of Design and Construction; Gerard Geier II, FAIA, FXFOWLE Architects; Nathan Hoyt, FAIA, Davis Brody Bond Aedas; Sudhir Jambhekar, FAIA, FXFOWLE Architects; David Leventhal, FAIA, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; (Bottom Row) Pamela Loeffelman, FAIA, Perkins Eastman; Paul Pippin, FAIA, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Robert Rogers, FAIA, Rogers Marvel Architects; Richard Southwick, FAIA, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners; William Stein, FAIA, Dattner Architects; Bernard Tschumi, FAIA, Bernard Tschumi Architects.
Courtesy AIANY
(left) Stephen Apking, FAIA, and (right) Guy Geier, FAIA.
Sam Lahoz
(left) Hillary Brown, FAIA, and (right) Louise Braverman, FAIA.
Kristen Richards
David Burney, FAIA.
Sam Lahoz
(l-r): Pamela Loeffelman, FAIA, Abby Suckle, FAIA, LEED AP, AIANY Secretary, and Ian Bader, FAIA.
Sam Lahoz
Nathan Hoyt, FAIA.
Sam Lahoz
03.19.08: (l-r) Megan Chusid, Assoc. AIA, AIANY Emerging NY Architects committee co-chair, and Vanesa Alicea, Assoc. AIA, AIANY Associate Director, at the New Members’ Reception.
Sam Lahoz
03.27.08: At the 2008 Benjamin Moore HUE Awards celebration, where STUDIOS Architecture received the Contract Interiors Award; (l-r): Tom Krizmanic, AIA, Principal, NYC; Sandra Mitchell and Christopher Mitchell, AIA, Principal, Los Angeles; and Brian Tolman, AIA, Principal, NYC.
Kristen Richards
NY- and NJ-based Ken Laser Architect designed the set for the Wendy Osserman Dance Company with Iva Bittová recent performance “Out Of Place,” at the Hudson Guild Theatre 03.26-30.08.
Ken Laser, RA
Congestion Pricing Webcast
As the April 7 congestion pricing deadline approaches, WNYC’s Brian Lehrer is posting a series of webcasts on the topic. Click here to listen.
Oculus 2008 Editorial Calendar
If you are an architect by training or see yourself as an astute observer of New York’s architectural and planning scene, note that OCULUS editors are looking for writers for the Fall and Winter issues. The themes:
Fall OCULUS: Practice. Focus of this year’s Practice issue is on the architectural office — the culture and decision-making structure of NY-based practices, how the office’s design reflects the culture, along with the views key players in the firm.
Winter OCULUS: Competing for Space. Explore the growing competition between expansionist institutions on limited sites and the interests of adjacent communities, many in residential areas with moderate-income families.
If you’re interested, please contact OCULUS editor-in-chief Kristen Richards. with a brief outline and full contact information.
Spring 2008: closed
Summer 2008: closed
Fall 2008: closed
08.01.08 Winter 2008-09: Competing for Space
04.05.08 Call for Submissions: FIGMENT Governors Island Mini Golf Course
This summer, FIGMENT, a non-profit art project held on Governors Island, is working with the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation to install a nine-hole mini golf course on the island. Combining recreation with a participatory art project designed and built by local artists, the course will be free and open to the public on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays while the island is open from May 31 to early autumn. The theme is “City of Dreams” and designs will be judged on creativity, structural integrity, playability, feasibility, adherence to theme, and budget. There is also a call for participation in the festival as whole, with a 04.10.08 deadline. Anyone can contribute an art installation, performance, activity, or other project.
04.07.08 Call for Nominations: America’s Best Restroom Award VII
Presented by Cintas Facility Services, the award is open to any restroom that is free of charge and open to the public. Nominators are not required to have a
professional relationship with the business or facility that manages the facility, but nominations based on personal experience are encouraged. Past champions have boasted bathrooms with breathtaking skyline views, unique décor and sparkling stalls. The 2008 winner will receive a plaque of recognition and a coveted place on the America’s Best Restroom “Hall of Fame” section of the program’s website.
04.07.08 Call for Entries: Ho Chi Minh City Design Competition
The Investment & Construction Authority for the Thu Thiem New Urban Area of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, announces an open international design competition. The focus is on the “Central Plaza, Crescent Park, and Saigon River Pedestrian Bridge.” The Competition is in two stages. The first stage is open to international professional design firms and teams (registration from host country required). Six firms will be shortlisted for the second stage and be paid U.S.$20,000 to continue with the work. One winning team will be selected from the shortlist.
04.07.08 Request for Qualifications: New Orleans Riverfront: Reinventing the Crescent
The New Orleans Building Corporation (NOBC) has issued a Request for Qualifications for phase one of the redevelopment of the New Orleans Riverfront.
The team selected through this RFQ process will be tasked with implementing the first phase of the NOBC’s recently finalized concept plan for the development of the Riverfront — Reinventing the Crescent. The document is the product of a team of architects and urban designers selected by the NOBC to provide New Orleans with a world-class riverfront plan. This is a two-part selection process; in the second part, up to four finalists will be selected and interviewed.
04.16.08 Call for Submissions: New York Designs: Threshold
The Architectural League of NY created the New York Designs juried lecture series in 2003 to provide a forum for the presentation of innovative and accomplished work built in NYC. This year’s theme, ‘Threshold,’ focuses on projects whose design mediates distinct conditions, literally or conceptually. To be considered for presentation in the lecture series, individuals and firms are invited to submit one work that was recently built in NYC. There are no limitations in terms of project type, program, size, or budget.
04.18.08 Call for Proposals: The New York Prize Fellowship in Sustainable Cities and the Social Sciences
The Van Alen Institute seeks proposals from scholars and practitioners in the social sciences and related fields for NY-based projects on the topic of sustainable cities. Proposals are welcome in a range of formats — such as workshops, roundtables, installations, and symposia — with a strong curatorial impulse that brings together social scientists and spatial practitioners in architecture, design, and related disciplines for debate and dialogue. Fellowship awards include project support up to $10,000, work and gallery space at the Institute, publication in Public Practice, stipend, and a range of project production, research, and programming resources.
04.21.08 Request for Proposals: Hudson Yards Park and Boulevard
The NYC Department of Design and Construction and the Hudson Yards Development Corporation has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the design of the four-acre Hudson Park and Boulevard and the creation of a streetscape plan for the Hudson Yards area on Manhattan’s West Side. The RFP is a two-stage process. In the first stage, respondents will submit material presenting their ability to provide design services outlined in the RFP. These materials will be evaluated by a Selection Committee to determine a shortlist that will participate in the second stage of the RFP. In the second stage, respondents on the short list will participate in a design competition for the park and streetscape plan.
04.25.08 Call for Entries: AIA NY State 2008 Design Awards
These awards honor works of architecture located anywhere in the world by AIA New York State members and works of architecture located in New York State completed since 01.01.03. This year’s categories are: Residential (Small Projects, less than 5,000 square feet, Large Projects, greater than 5,000 square feet), Institutional, Commercial/Industrial (Small Projects, less than 5,000 square feet, Large Projects, greater than 5,000 square feet), Mixed Use, International, Urban Planning Design, Historic Preservation/Adaptive Reuse, Interiors, and Unbuilt (recognizes commissioned architectural design work by practicing emerging young architects licensed 10 years or less, not yet built or complete).
04.25.08 Call for Ideas: Reinventing Grand Army Plaza
To stur Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza’s rebirth, the Design Trust for Public Space, in partnership with the Grand Army Plaza Coalition, has launched an international ideas competition to generate new visions for every aspect of the plaza’s design. The jury will award three cash prizes. First prize is $5,000; second: $2,000; and third: $1,000. In addition, winners and top entries will be exhibited in a fall 2008 outdoor exhibition at Grand Army Plaza.
04.30.08 Call for Entries: CityRacks Design Competition
The NYC Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and the support of Google Inc. and Transportation Alternatives, has launched an international design competition for new bicycle parking. The purpose is to develop functional, well-designed sidewalk racks and to generate new concepts for bicycle parking inside commercial and residential buildings. The city intends to use the winning sidewalk rack as its new standard for bicycle parking.
05.16.08 Call for Entries: New Practices New York 2008
This is the second juried portfolio competition and exhibition in a new biennial tradition sponsored by the AIANY New Practices Committee. It serves as a platform to recognize and promote new, innovative, and emerging architecture firms within NYC. On 04.02.08, there will be an information session for entrants at the Center for Architecture. For more information, click here. On 04.08.08, there will be a mixer for architects and designers interested or engaged in New Practice. The event, New Practices in the Mix, will be hosted by Poliform. For more information, click here.
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Exhibitions
Join us for free Architalker-hosted tours of the Center for Architecture exhibitions Fridays at 4:00pm. To join one of these tours, meet in the Public Resource Area on the ground floor of the Center for Architecture.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
February 26 — May 31, 2008
Building China
Five Projects, Five Stories
Galleries: Judith and Walter Hunt Gallery, Mezzanine Gallery
The People’s Republic of China is undergoing a phenomenal transformation. Since 1978, with the adoption of an open-door policy, the country has developed a thriving market economy, out of which existing and new cities are experiencing rapid and aggressive growth. A new generation of architects is active in the vanguard of this construction, developing their own architectural identity.
Building China: Five Projects, Five Stories features five unique architectural case studies that were conceived, designed, and recently completed by Chinese architects. Located throughout China, many of these buildings, being exhibited in the U.S. for the first time, offer the public insight into China’s ever changing landscape. Through the stories of these five projects, themes emerge: Production of Contemporary Culture, Reinventing Urban Fabric, Making the Private Public, Reinterpreting Traditional Design Philosophy, and Hybrid Development Models. These case studies of contemporary architecture introduce critical voices from the People’s Republic of China, challenging the West’s stereotypical interpretation of China as a homogeneous society.
Organized by: The AIA New York Chapter and the Center for Architecture Foundation in collaboration with People’s Architecture and the AIA New York Chapter International Committee
Curator: Wei Wei Shannon, People’s Architecture
Co-Curator: Shi Jian
Exhibition Design: Popular Architecture
Graphic Design: Omnivore
Photography: Iwan Baan
Patron: Digital Plus
Supporters:
Beyer Blinder Belle: Architects & Planners
EDAW
Jerome and Kenneth Lipper Foundation
Friend: Häfele, Calvin Tsao
Related Events
Friday, May 9, 2008, 6:30 — 8:30
Asian CineVision presents Films from Contemporary China
Friday, May 30, 2008, 6:30 — 8:30pm
Film from the Da Zha Lan project, Sponsored by
the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU and NYU’s China House
To register or for more information: www.aiany.org/calendar
CES credits available
February 15 — April 12, 2008
Co-Evolution:
Danish/Chinese Collaboration on Sustainable Urban Development in China
Galleries: Kohn Pedersen Fox Gallery, HLW Gallery
The exhibition confronts the environmental challenges related to rapid and extensive urbanization in China and illustrates the value of international and interdisciplinary collaboration. CO- EVOLUTION displays four visionary projects – the results of collaborations between Danish architects and professors and students from leading Chinese universities.
This exhibition at the Center for Architecture is financed by the Danish Ministry of Culture
Related Programs organized by the AIA New York Chapter, the Center for Architecture Foundation, the Danish Architecture Centre, People’s Architecture, and the AIA New York Chapter International Committee
Curator: Henrik Valeur and UiD
Sponsored by:
Engineering Consultancy Services:
Related Events
Friday, May 9, 2008, 6:30 — 8:30
Asian CineVision presents Films from Contemporary China
Friday, May 30, 2008, 6:30 — 8:30pm
Film from the Da Zha Lan project, Sponsored by
the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU and NYU’s China House
To register or for more information: www.aiany.org/calendar
CES credits available
January 28 — May 3, 2008
Project Showcase: The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park
Galleries: Margaret Helfand Gallery, Gerald D Hines Gallery, Public Resource Center
Under the growing pressure of the climate crisis, how we design, as well as what we design has become a critical issue. The new office tower at Bryant Park, designed by Cook+Fox Architects and developed by the Durst Organization and Bank of America, is an example of how the design of tall buildings can be fundamentally rethought, serving the client and the planet with equal efficiency and respect. This exhibition explores One Bryant Park as a living ecosystem composed of the elements Light, Air, Water, Fire and Earth. These primary forces, when thoughtfully addressed as integrated and sustainable systems, contribute to a substantial reduction in the environmental impact of tall buildings, as well as to worker health and productivity. Anticipating a LEED platinum rating (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the highest level of sustainable design recognized by the USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council), the crystalline faceted 54-story tower is at once both an
iconic corporate presence and an emblem for the green design movement. Project Showcase: The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park asks design professionals to look more deeply at how architecture can engage natural systems and infrastructure, how sustainable measures can be more user-friendly, and how we can raise awareness for the urgent need of comprehensive green building
solutions.
Exhibition and related programs organized by the AIA New York Chapter and the Center for Architecture Foundation in collaboration with the Illuminating Engineering Society of New York (IESNY)
Curator: Margaret Maile Petty
Exhibition Design: Morris | Sato Studio
Graphic Design: WSDIA | WeShouldDoItAll
Lead Sponsor: A. Esteban & Company
Sponsors: Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design, Illuminating Engineering Society of New York (IESNY), Severud Associates, Tishman Construction Corporation
Supporter: Jones Lang LaSalle
Courtesy Columbia University
Through 05.02.08
Ant Farm: Radical Hardware
Established in 1968, Ant Farm was a collaborative art and design group with a revolutionary vision of a nomadic lifestyle. This exhibition presents an early period of Ant Farm’s architectural projects and environmental media strategies. Videos, 35 mm slides, collages, and other archival documents related to Truckstop Network, Osmic Accelerator, The House of the Century and other projects will track Ant Farm’s prescient and critical engagement with the spaces and apparatuses of the “videosphere” and other emerging image technologies.
Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery, Buell Hall, Columbia University
116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, NYC
Courtesy Exit Art
Through 05.03.08
E.P.A.
E.P.A. (Environmental Performance Actions) is a large-scale program dealing with current environmental concerns and the way artists respond to them. This group exhibition surveys recent performance work from around the world and consists of videos, photographs, texts, related ephemera, and a film program documenting recent performances. The goal is to draw attention to climate change, watersheds, urbanization, and, ultimately, human survival.
Exit Art
475 10th Avenue, NYC
©Cory Treadway, courtesy Gensler
Through 05.23.08
Outside / Inside
Photography exhibition features 12 alumni from the School of the International Center of Photography (ICP) representing an international group of emerging photographic artists, whose work explores dichotomies and nuance in the built environment. Artists include: Charles Atherton, Marla Caplan, Ray Klimek, Tim Lehmacher, Matthew Monteith, Noemi Nin Pflüger, Catherine Kunkemueller, Jeff Luckey, Mauro Restiffe, Stuart O’Sullivan, Ryan Thatcher, and Cory Treadway.
Gensler New York’s Rockefeller Center Office
By appointment: 212-492-1433
1 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC
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ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY Assistant Professor (3 positions)
New York City College of Technology/CUNY
The Architectural Technology Department seeks full-time faculty members to join our growing program, the only one of its kind in the CUNY system. The candidate must have a Master’s degree and architectural registration in New York State. Prior college level architectural teaching experience is preferred, with demonstration of excellent communication and classroom skills. At least five years architectural office experience in a responsible position is a must, as well as expertise in two and three-dimensional CADD. Candidates should have the ability to teach across the following range of subject matter with mastery in three of the following areas: Construction documents, materials in architecture, architectural history, design, site planning, model making and graphics, office practice, structural design, computer animation, architectural software, space planning, urban design, or theory. Experience in curriculum development, instructional technology and innovative
pedagogy is desirable. Send letter of interest, files of student work in a self-addressed stamped envelope and contact information for three professional references.
Please email: isr@citytech.cuny.edu
Commercial Loft sublet:
New construction, prime Soho location. Private office and workstations available for sublet within architect’s office. Sun-filled office loft, access to all amenities including conference rooms, roof terraces. 24/7 building access. Contact Elaine Suben 212-524-8512 elaine.suben@subendougherty.com for further information.
Manhattan firm specializing in cutting-edge modular design and high-end site-built houses has positions:
Project architect: 6-9 years. Strong detailing skills; solid construction document experience; self-starter, works independently.
Intermediate designer: 2-5 years. Strong designer; working drawings; excellent 3D skills.
E-mail resume: info@dw-arch.com
Callison: A World of Opportunity
Senior Project Manager
Located in midtown Manhattan, our New York office is growing! Callison is an international design firm focused on the excellence of design and client service with retail and mixed used projects.
This is a fully competent professional architect who manages the development and completion of one or more major/complex projects. Possess overall project responsibility including client relationship, scheduling, budgeting and construction administration and is accountable for the quality of work performed, client service and profitability. Bachelors or Masters degree in Architecture or related field. Architectural license. Fifteen years experience as a professional architect, including three years experience as a Project Manager with client and contractor interface. Minimum two years previous supervisory and personnel management.
We offer competitive salary, full medical and dental / vision, 401(k) / profit sharing, transit subsidies, and a great location! Visit www.callison.com Email resumes to employement@callison.com EOE.
Callison is an international design firm focused on the excellence of design and client service in the Retail, Corporate Workplace and Mixed Use markets.
Callison is seeking a Senior Interior Designer who:
· Defines program requirements and establishes interior design parameters
· Generates & develops overall interior design concepts; formulates and executes design presentations
· Manages interior design process for project consistent with project’s program, budget, time constraints; leads/directs other interior designers, technical staff
· Manages project budget/schedules related to interior design team efforts
· Manages client interaction and decisions related to interior design
Candidates should have a Bachelor or Masters degree in Architecture or related field and min. of 10 yrs. experience as a professional interior designer, including prior project designer responsibilities. NCIDQ desirable.
We offer competitive salary, full medical and dental / vision, 401(k), & transit subsidies! To view a complete job description, visit us at www.callison.com or email resume to employment@callison.com EOE
ARCHITECT — Newark, NJ
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is a bi-state public agency operating some of the busiest and most important transportation links in the NY/NJ region. We are seeking to fill a position of Architect in the Engineering Department’s Engineering/Architecture Design Division.
Working under the supervision of a Principal Architect, and part of a project team, you will be responsible for performing duties related to planning (Pre-Stage I), preliminary design (Stage I), design development (Stage II), contract documents (Stage III), shop drawing review and post award design changes (Stage IV), building code review and cost estimating. Assignments will include supervision and production of design tasks related to architectural deliverables, coordination with supervisors and other team members, coordination with other engineering disciplines, and interface with consultants as required.
The Port Authority offers a competitive salary, outstanding benefits package. Please visit www.JoinThePortAuthority.com for more information and to apply directly on-line.
Only applicants under consideration will be contacted.
Equal Opportunity Employer
NYC Department of Buildings
NOW Hiring: Architects and Engineers
For more information, visit www.nyc.gov/buildings
Or
e-mail your resume to recruit@buildings.nyc.gov
NYC Department of Buildings is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Architect Auditor
The NYC Department of Buildings is seeking an architect to audit work applications for completeness, accuracy and conformance to the New York City Zoning Resolution and Building Code. The selected candidate will prepare objections describing noncompliance and meet with the applicant to resolve objections and provide guidance regarding Department requirements and procedures. Applicants must have extensive experience with the New York City Zoning Resolution and Building Code and New York State Registration as an Architect. Benefits include health, NYC pension, paid holidays and more. E-mail a cover letter and resume with JVN # 810-08-177 in the subject line to recruit@buildings.nyc.gov. EOE.
Architect L-1
New York City Department of Buildings
SALARY: $52,818 - $76,495
JOB DESCRIPTION: Under general supervision, perform responsible supervisory and detail oriented work, in the engineering or architectural analysis of structures and building equipment systems, and the examination of plans for the construction, alteration or repair of buildings and equipment systems under the jurisdiction of the Department of Buildings.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: A valid New York State Registration as an Architect. Current New York State registration as an Architect must be maintained for the duration of your employment.
For a complete job description please visit our web site at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/html/career_opportunities/career.shtml
TO APPLY FOR CONSIDERATION, PLEASE SUBMIT A COVER LETTER AND RESUME WHICH INCLUDES THE JOB VACANCY # 810-08-193C TO:
Recruitment Officer
280 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10007
E-MAIL: Recruit@buildings.nyc.gov
The City is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Special accommodations will be provided for disabled applicants.
Project Architect
Architect who can participate in the collaborative design process. Must be motivated, self-directed and demonstrate his or her ability to interact, contribute, and direct the project team.
Minimum academic and practical experience requirements include a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and at least seven years professional work experience.
Responsibilities will include implementation of the design, including coordination of work and planning efforts of the International Design Team consisting of the Architect, Local Architect and International Engineer and Consultants and to control the design process and assist in the production of presentation and contract documents.
CAD proficiency, in particular proficiency in 2008 Autodesk products is mandatory.
Necessary technical skills will include understanding and application of regulatory compliance, building energy systems, building life safety systems commonly used in high rise buildings, both office and residential high rise and multi-use projects.
Compensation and benefits commensurate with ability and experience.
Please send your resume and portfolio to sstrickert@murphyjahn.com
Beautiful green office space available in Chelsea (Close to Penn Station)
The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education is renting multiple workstations to other green businesses. Be surrounded by healthy and renewed materials, a bio-sculpture, low-voltage lighting and plenty of natural light. 5 large workstations and one beautiful office available. Built from recycled wood and glass. Can be rented in any configuration. All include large workspace, conference room access, internet, water, and building services.
Tel: 212.645.9930 ext. *826
admin@sustainabilityed.org
NOSANCHUK, a high-end custom design and architectural firm, seeks architect to produce 2D and 3D drawings for furniture, millwork and interiors. Candidate must be proficient in AutoCAD, verbally communicative, intelligent, and hard working. Salary based on experience.
www.nosanchuk.com
Email: david@nosanchuk.com
Architecture — Intermediate Project Manager
For almost 80 years, Karlsberger has been an innovator in designing for the healthcare environment. Our exciting projects include the first Platinum LEED Certified Hospital in the US. We’re seeking a project manager to join our New York-based health/science practice. 7-12 years experience required. Must be a graduate with a Masters or Bachelors Degree in Architecture. Experience in healthcare, research design required. Good communications skills, proficiency with computer design software required. E-mail resume to: nyhr@karlsberger.com
Senior Architect:
25 person, design-focused architecture firm based in New York City. We are looking for an individual with 20+ years of experience with the ability and experience to design and manage complex institutional projects. Please email jmurphy@mbbarch.com
NBBJ, a growing international design firm, has opportunities for a Design Leader, Project Manager, and Corporate Interior Designer to join teams working on innovative healthcare projects and exciting international commercial projects. To learn more or apply, please visit http://www.nbbj.com/#join/openings
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