Architecture New York State | July '20

NEW YORK STATE

ARCHITECTURE

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A P U B L I C AT I O N O F

Public Architecture

Highlighting Our

Excelsior & Professional Award Recipients

PAGE | 2 | JULY 2020 The Hotel the|Richardson Olmsted Campus | Photo Credit: Christopher Payne/ESTO NYS Cabins | Long Island,Henry New at York Photo Credit: © Albert Vecerka/Esto

Left: The Jennings - Supportive Housing Development | Bronx, New York Photo Credits | © Eric Petschek

CONTENTS

Below: Center for the Women of New York | Fort Totten, New York Photo Credit | © Ines Leong / L-INES Photo, 2020 and Courtesy of PACA, LLC

LETTER President’s Letter................................ 5

2020 EXCELSIOR AWARD RECIPIENTS Renovation/Addition | Honor Award East New York Health Hub.................... 6 Historic Preservation | Award of Merit Green Lakes State Park, Environmental Education Center................................ 8 Historic Preservation | Honor Award Center for the Women of New York.......10 New Construction | Honor Award DePaul Upper Falls Square Apartments............................. 12 New Construction | Honor Award The Jennings - Supportive Housing Development.........................14

2020 PROFESSIONAL AWARD RECIPIENTS Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award | Brendan R. Mehaffy, Executive Director, Buffalo Office of Strategic Planning..... 28 Henry Hobson Richardson Award | Barbara A. Campagna, FAIA, BAC/Architecture + Planning, PLLC...... 29 Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Award | Ben Harrison, AIA, Architect, Putnam County Highway & Facilities Planning and Design Division............. 30

New Construction | Award of Distinction NYS Cabins........................................18

Front and Back Cover | CHORUS - WTC Cortlandt Station, New York, New York

New Construction | Award of Distinction CUNY New York City College of Technology (City Tech) Academic Building............................ 20 Public Art | Award of Merit CHORUS - WTC Cortlandt Station.......... 24

Photo Credits | © CHORUS (2018) © Ann Hamilton, NYCT WTC Cortlandt St Station. Commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts & Design.

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PAGE | 4 | JULY 2020 CUNY New York City College of Technology (City Tech) Academic Building | Brooklyn, New York | Photo Credit: © Andrew Rugge

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

The AIANYS Excelsior Awards program, celebrating its sixth year, showcases the best in publicly funded buildings, outdoor areas and public art across New York State and the professionals who support and advocate for them.

After the interdisciplinary jury evaluated the projects based on a set of three criteria: Firmness, Commodity and Delight, I am proud to announce that eight projects were recognized for an award in categories including Historic Preservation, Renovation/Additions, New Construction and Public Art. This year’s award recipients include: • The transformation of a turn-of-the-century structure in Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood that allows a non-profit to provide essential healthcare and social services.

• Conversion of a historic boathouse into an environmental learning center at Green Lakes State Park.

• A historic site that is the new home, conference center and living museum for The Center for the Women of New York.

• Two supportive housing complexes—one that includes support services for Rochester’s Northeast Quadrant-Upper Falls community and another that sets aside apartments for homeless domestic violence survivors in Bronx, NY. • High quality, affordable cabins and cottages at Wildwood State Park on Long Island.

• A new academic complex at CUNY New York City College of Technology (“City Tech”).

• The rebuilding of the Cortlandt Street subway station, now known as WTC Cortlandt, as a functional transit station in a sacred space as part of Lower Manhattan’s recovery after the September 11th terror attacks.

In addition to the Excelsior Award recipients, we are also celebrating our 2020 AIA New York State Professional Award Recipients. The Professional Awards honor excellence in practice and advocacy of design in NYS public architecture.

The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award, recognizing public officials or individuals who, through their efforts, have furthered the public’s awareness and/or appreciation of design excellence in public architecture was awarded to Brendan R. Mehaffy, Executive Director, Buffalo Office of Strategic Planning.

The Henry Hobson Richardson Award, recognizing AIA members licensed in NYS and practicing in the private sector who have made a significant contribution to the quality of NYS public architecture and who have established a portfolio of accomplishments to that end, was awarded to Barbara A. Campagna, FAIA, BAC/Architecture + Planning, PLLC. And the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Award, recognizing licensed architects employed in the public sector in New York State whose work on projects within their jurisdiction has furthered the cause of design excellence in public architecture was awarded to Ben Harrison, AIA, Architect, Putnam County Highway & Facilities Planning and Design Division.

I know you will enjoy reading about the award recipients highlighted in this issue and I want to thank the members of AIA New York State who support these important programs that recognize public architecture and the individuals who make significant contributions to them.

Best Wishes,

Joseph J. Aliotta, FAIA 2020 President | AIA New York State

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SOURCES OF PUBLIC FINANCING The Institute for Community Living (ICL) was awarded $2 million through the NYS DOH DISRP program to enhance health services in underutilized communities. ICL submitted for the award and received funding to supplement the overall construction and design budget of the project for the East New York Health Hub. The $2 million represents just under 10% of the total project budget.

SUBMITTED BY Dattner Architects | New York, New York Photo Credits: © Chris Cooper

Renovation/Addition | Honor Award East New York Health Hub | Brooklyn, New York

PROVIDING HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES IN AN UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOOD

A Neighborhood Beacon for Individual, Family, and Community Wellness.

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ocated on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood, the transformation of this turn-of-the-century structure allows a growing non-profit to provide essential healthcare and social services in an underserved neighborhood.

The addition and gut renovation expanded existing operations from 9,000 to 45,000 square feet, allowing the Institute for Community Living (ICL) to create a one-stop-shop community health facility for mental and physical wellbeing. The design approach creates synergy between programs by consolidating ICL’s extensive existing outreach, mental health service, and family support into one facility and co-locating a new health center operated by non-profit partner Community Healthcare Network.

The architecture encourages physical and mental healing through visual connections to both nature and the community.

Garden and terrace spaces, framed views,

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and access to light and air reinforce the link to the surrounding environment.

The three-story building is composed of two interlocking volumes legible from the exterior. The first is a two-story communal volume, expressed in a corduroy-like red brick pattern. Atop this sits a two-story office volume, distinct from the lower volume by its setback, materiality, and its size and rhythm of fenestration.

The approach to East New York Health Hub’s interior is to celebrate the industrial architectural attributes of the existing context and the contrast of the modern addition. Polished concrete floors contrast with bold colors throughout the spaces, creating energetic and inspiring public gathering spaces for the clients and community. The industrial character is the framework for the interior design inspiration — exposed brick and large arched openings enhance the charm of the open office spaces.

How does the project contribute to the life of its surrounding community?

Many that walk through the doors of ICL have experienced trauma. ICL believes it to be essential for the building interior to give physical form to the trauma-informed principles that are the foundation of ICL’s service model: safety, trust, collaboration, and empowerment. The main entry opens into a large light-filled lobby that invites users to choose the services they want. The free flow of the building lobby and circulation encourages people to move through the building and not cluster in crowds that can make users feel unsafe. Collaboration is facilitated by proximately locating programs that serve many of the same people to encourage staff interaction, which is best exemplified by the adjacent location of NYS-licensed mental health and health clinics that share a front desk and waiting room.

What is the greater social value of the project?

The Institute for Community Living (ICL) — one of New York’s largest behavioral health agencies — with its partner Community Healthcare Network (CHN), is pioneering a radically different approach at the East New York Health Hub, by showcasing a holistic paradigm for delivering healthcare to underserved local communities. Located in a healthcare “desert” in Central Brooklyn near the low-income neighborhoods of East New York, Brownsville, and Cypress Hills, the Health Hub is designed to address the health challenges of people of all ages who face poverty, violence, and social isolation.

Built in a low-income neighborhood with few community amenities, this renovation and addition is a neighborhood beacon for individual, family, and community wellness. To build resilience and overcome the stigma of seeking treatment for a mental health or substance abuse problems, ICL strategically co-locates a continuum of behavioral health services with ambulatory medical care, parenting and youth supports, and help with basic needs like housing, food, and employment. The services under one roof empowers community residents to address their most urgent priorities, from seeking help on food security issues to guidance on approaching behavioral challenges for their children.

The Health Hub builds on groundbreaking research that shows good health is more than just a function of medical care.

A model for overcoming health disparities in NYC and elsewhere, the Health Hub seeks to address these challenging lifestyle determinants by providing the resources necessary to overcome past traumas and reinforce healthy behaviors.

Through new investments in vulnerable communities, integrated behavioral and medical care offered in the same place where people can address hunger, unemployment, and homelessness, while building social supports, offers promise for improving community health. The East New York Health Hub is a model for the future.

The ICL’s East New York Health Hub opened in 2018, serving over 4,000 people of all ages annually, with 25% using multiple services. Despite serving communities with some of the worst health outcomes in NYC, including the second highest rate of psychiatric hospitalization and the highest rate of preventable diabetes hospitalization, ICL is accomplishing its goals to empower clients to play a strong role in their own healthcare. Today, 97% of the people using the Health Hub believe they can make changes to improve their physical and mental health.

In a June 2019 City Limits publication, Bishop Steve Belgrove, Pastor at Brownville’s His Majesty International Fellowship, described the support provided by ICL and their primary healthcare partner CHN, as an essential resource for a healing community: “In addition to their extensive mental healthcare, ICL brings together mental health with physical healthcare in the hub through its medical partner, Community Healthcare Network. They also offer connections to other resources that address the housing, food scarcity, unemployment and more that cause distress to so many of our neighbors.

That’s exactly what we need: a trusted partner in the community that can provide culturally competent, mental health services. In East New York, Cypress Hills, Brownsville and beyond, that partner is ICL. All communities, particularly low-income communities of color plagued by so many problems, need this kind of partner.

Only together—a partnership between clergy, the community, and competent and caring mental health and health providers, will we get our people well.” n

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SOURCES OF PUBLIC FINANCING Public funding for the $6 million project came primarily from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, and includes the building’s construction, infrastructure improvements, and habitat restoration. Additional funding came from the Central Regional State Parks Commission, which raised $1 million in donations and grants for the project. A $500,000 Environmental Protection Fund grant through the Central Region Economic Development Council was obtained by The Open Space Institute for funding of the building’s construction.

Approximately 95% of the total construction cost came from public funds.

SUBMITTED BY Beardsley | Auburn, New York Photo Credit | © 2019 John Griebsch

Historic Preservation | Award of Merit Green Lakes State Park, Environmental Education Center | Auburn, New York

AN HISTORIC BOATHOUSE BECOMES AN EDUCATION CENTER

Enhancing the Visitor Experience at the Most Visited Park in Central New York.

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riginally constructed in 1942, the historic boathouse at Green Lakes State Park is an iconic structure to anyone who has visited the beach at the north end of Green Lake. The building had been in use since its construction, but lacked an adequate foundation due to poor soils. The NYS Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYSOPRPH) selected the architect/engineer to design the restoration and conversion of the building into a new environmental education center. As a registered historic structure, renovations also required coordination with the State Historic Preservation Office.

An assessment determined that the building could be salvaged, but due to settlement and failure of the foundation, proximity to the water, and flooding issues, it should be relocated inland.

To create the new environmental education center and alleviate structural

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issues, the existing structure was meticulously dismantled and rebuilt on an entirely new foundation system, preserving as much of the building as possible.

Existing stone columns were catalogued, moved by crane to the new foundation, and repaired. Interior wood beams were also relocated to preserve the historic architecture on the building’s interior.

Relocation also allowed the design team to rotate the structure 180 degrees so the central gathering space could face the lake instead of the parking lot.

Following relocation, the building was restored and renovated to provide four-season usage. As visitors walk along the lake, they can take a detour to the building to learn about the Park.

The central exhibit space, anchored by the preserved stone columns, includes educational kiosks and displays about the Park’s unique meromictic lakes, wildlife and habitats, and history. Skylights along

How does the project contribute to the life of its surrounding community? the vaulted ceiling allow light to stream into the room. Windows line the space and large sliding doors on both ends of the building can be slid open, creating a truly open room that looks out onto the stunning blue-green lake and woods beyond, immersing visitors with their surroundings. Wood paneling on the walls and ceiling creates a warm and inviting space that feels connected to surrounding wooded area.

The building also includes restrooms, a kitchenette, offices for Park educators, and generous storage space. An outdoor education space was created for use by school groups or other interpretive presentations. A small boat rental building was also relocated and renovated for continued use.

A vital part of the project was also the preservation of the surrounding outdoor environment. Environmental improvements include ‘naturalization’ of the lake edge, installation of sustainable infrastructure elements as part of the parking lot rehabilitation, and upgrades to the stormwater management system, which now directs stormwater to bioretention basins and constructed wetlands instead of allowing runoff to flow directly into Green Lake.

What is the greater social value of the project?

Since the building was a beloved local landmark and an important piece of the

Park’s overall history, saving it from continued distress and decay allowed the team to maintain a culturally significant piece of our heritage. Re-purposing it to become a tool for educating the public allows the building to serve the community in an additional manner.

The restoration of the building provides the Park with an entirely new space to educate the public about the unique features and history of the Park. An interpretive center like this one did not previously exist in the Park and has allowed Park educators to vastly expand and enhance their programming. The interior and exterior spaces provide an array of learning opportunities to students and the public through the use of interactive displays within the exhibit space as well as outdoor signage along the boardwalk.

In addition, opportunities for school groups to visit the Park have expanded, particularly through the Connect-Kidsto-Parks Field Trip Grant Program, which provides the financial assistance necessary to connect kids throughout New York with history and nature.

The new boardwalk and restoration of the boathouse has provided patrons with improved access to boating on the lake as well as access to the lake itself. The transformation of the waterfront provides additional recreation opportunities for patrons where access was previously difficult or entirely impossible depending on one’s abilities.

The most visited Park in Central New York, Green Lakes State Park is a popular destination. Improvements to the waterfront enhance the visitor experience and assist in boosting the local economy. New education facilities provide local schools with opportunities to teach students about the unique habitat found in their own backyard. The new boardwalk and renovated boathouse have provided the community with additional access to boating on the lake, ultimately improving the overall health and wellness of Park patrons. Infrastructure improvements preserve the Park’s unique natural habitat, benefiting Park visitors as well as the lake, plants, and animals that make the Park so special and important to the community.

Restoration of a historic structure such as this, as opposed to demolition and replacement, not only preserves the architectural style of the Park, but also preserves the history of the community.

Since the construction of the original building began in 1941 under the forces of the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) and was then completed

by Parks personnel in 1942 after the start of World War II, the building is a monument to transformative times in our Nation’s history and continues to play an evolving role in the local community. Its restoration has allowed members of the community to enjoy the building in a new capacity, while preserving the historical significance of the original structure. n JULY 2020 | PAGE | 9

SOURCES OF PUBLIC FINANCING The project was initiated in 2007 by the founder of The Center for the Women of New York (The Center). With a license agreement to restore the city-owned building and $1.5 million in State and City funds, the project was launched to provide the new headquarters at the historic site managed by the NYC Parks Department. These first sums raised came from City Council Assembly members. Support from public agencies and other electeds followed from The New York City Council (46%) and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (17%). Later funding was provided by the Queens Borough President’s Office (37%). Although there were some private donors, 100% of the construction costs were funded from the public sources listed.

SUBMITTED BY Page Ayres Cowley Architecture, LLC | New York, NY Photo Credit | © Ines Leong / L-INES Photo, 2020 and Courtesy of PACA, LLC

Historic Preservation | Honor Award Center for the Women of New York | Fort Totten, New York

THE CENTER FOR THE WOMEN OF NEW YORK FINDS A NEW HOME

Transitioning an Historic Residential Facility Into a Living Museum.

This structure contains two separate buildings joined by a party wall at the center. Each building contained five individual apartments, two per floor with a shared bathroom and kitchen in between, and an attic that had its own bathroom and kitchen. Each building had its own original staircase; both were retained to provide two means of egress by creating a connection at the center party wall on the first floor.

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s the new home for the Center for the Women of New York, a non-profit organization, this facility includes a research and conference center and a living museum, dedicated to recording and aiding women’s struggles to achieve full equality in our society. There is exhibition space for the history of the women’s movement in the areas of economy, legal resources, culture, education, religion, the arts, sports, labor, business and all policies and practices that affect the lives of women and their families.

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Ideally suited to the room sizes required for the activities of this non-profit organization, the original building plan concept was retained. Bathrooms and kitchens located upstairs were removed to eliminate redundant and obsolete amenities while new ADA facilities were added to the main floor including a small kitchenette and restrooms. Access to the existing porch was made possible by a compact ADA lift installed to one side of the symmetrical porch. Lastly, original pocket doors at the parlor floor (main level) serve to create larger gathering spaces when needed. The smaller rooms have been re-purposed as offices, classrooms and restrooms.

What is the greater social value of the project?

As the founder of the Center for the Women of New York envisioned and using her own words, “this building will be a great asset not only to the women in this metropolitan area but will be accessible to the surrounding community. We believe that

this historic landmark site will be the only building completely dedicated to full equality for women between the New York Metropolitan area and Seneca Falls in upper New York State.”

How does the project contribute to the life of its surrounding community?

Building 207 is just one of over 100 buildings built within the Civil War era at Fort Totten (1852-1868), now known as Fort Totten Park, a 136-acre site. The US Army Reserve maintains a Support Battalion at this location along with a New York Police Department K-9 Unit and NYC Fire Department Training Center. The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission designated Fort Totten an historic district in 1999 and is eligible for entry on the National Register of Historic Places. The adaptive re-use will also demonstrate how historic residential scaled military structures within a larger historic district context can be compatible with other former army and barrack building use. n

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SOURCES OF PUBLIC FINANCING The project received 85.8% of the construction cost from multiple sources of public funding including HFA ($18,750,000), HCR Shop Subsidy ($9,955,000), OMH ($185,500), City of Rochester ($1,000,000) and Federal Home Loan Bank ($620,000). The project is among the first in the State to be supported by HCR’s Green Bonds program, which issues tax-exempt bonds certified by The Climate Bond Initiative, an international organization supporting financing for projects that reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases.

SUBMITTED BY SWBR, Rochester, NY Photo Credits | © Park Avenue Photography | Gene Avallone and Elizabeth Brooks

New Construction | Honor Award DePaul Upper Falls Square Apartments | Rochester, New York

PROVIDING HOMES AND A RENEWED SENSE OF PRIDE

Once a Vacant Property, a New Affordable Development Creates a Safer, More Vibrant Neighborhood in Rochester, NY. building is named in honor of Ellen Stubbs, a well-respected nurse deeply committed to her community, who passed away in 2012. The Cleveland Street building is named for Minister Raymond and Maxine Scott whom together have a decades-long commitment to bettering the Rochester community.

Each Studio, One Bedroom, and Two Bedroom apartment features a full kitchen, living area, full bath, and in-unit storage.

Heat, air conditioning, basic cable, hot water and electric are included in the rent as are community laundry facilities. Resident spaces include lounges, fitness rooms, laundry, and computer areas at each floor. Each building has a large Community Room with kitchen for resident use and community functions.

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pper Falls Square Apartments is a new $48 million affordable development offering housing with support services to Rochester’s Northeast Quadrant-Upper Falls community. The 142,000 SF development features two buildings containing 150 apartments, 75 of which provide services to help people with special needs live independently.

Upper Falls Square Apartments occupies three acres at Hudson Avenue and Cleveland Street that was once the site of condemned homes recently razed by the City. The Hudson Avenue

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What is the greater social value of the submission?

Upper Falls Square is the single largest development undertaken in this neighborhood in decades and has become a catalyst for redevelopment of neighboring properties. This redevelopment has provided a renewed sense of pride in the community and those who call it home. Brick, natural stone, and traditional siding materials are contextual to their residential surroundings, while speaking to the area’s urban and commercial fabric.

On Hudson Avenue, solid masonry corners re-establish the street edge and give way to a beautifully detailed South facing

terraced courtyard. The courtyard, the project’s literal and figurative front yard, underpins its residential character and community connectivity providing a dynamic and attractive outdoor space for residents to gather and create connections. Continuity of form and material lend a campus-like quality to the project without diminishing the individual presence of each building, echoing the way the owner fosters individuality in its clients, while creating a sense of belonging to the community.

How does the project contribute to the life of its surrounding community?

Upper Falls Square Apartments transformed a vacant property into a vibrant, affordable community that expands housing opportunities to hundreds of low-income New Yorkers and provides supportive services necessary to help keep the most vulnerable housed. It is the first major housing development on Hudson Avenue in more than three decades. The expansion of high-quality affordable housing in Rochester supports the City’s goals of creating more jobs, safer/more vibrant neighborhoods and better educational opportunities. n

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SOURCES OF PUBLIC FINANCING Public funding came from the following sources: New York State Homes and Community Renewal; New York State Homeless Housing and Assistance Corporation; New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development; Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.; the New York City Employees’ Retirement System; and NYSERDA. Additional funding came from the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative for post-construction rental subsidies and on-site services. In total, 34% of construction costs were financed with city and state funds.

SUBMITTED BY Alexander Gorlin Architects, New York, NY Photo Credits | © Eric Petschek

New Construction | Honor Award The Jennings - Supportive Housing Development | Bronx, New York

PROVIDING STABILITY AND A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO THOSE IN NEED Affordable Housing and On-Site Services that Support Homeless Domestic Violence Survivors. and laundry room. The neighborhood is well-served by public transportation, critical for accessing employment opportunities, as well as daycare and after school programs that support parents and enable children to thrive.

The design was informed by a thorough understanding of the residence needs cultivated through interviews with the client, as well as residents and case managers of similar facilities. The building site and typology were analyzed through an historical and contextual standpoint and refined in conjunction with the client to ensure the end result was as expected.

What is the greater social value of the project?

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he Jennings provides 42 affordable apartments ranging in size from one- to three-bedrooms. Twenty-three are set-aside for homeless domestic violence survivors. Onsite services for residents include counseling, case management, children and family programming, and job readiness coaching to foster housing stability and safety. Amenities include a multi-purpose program space, staff offices, a library/computer room, secure landscaped courtyard with a children’s play area, PAGE | 14 | JULY 2020

Domestic violence is the leading generator of family homelessness in New York City. Low-income domestic violence survivors often face the choice of becoming homeless or remaining in a potentially dangerous situation. After a maximum six-month stay at a shelter, most survivors leave still homeless and at continued risk of abuse. Few can find a safe, affordable apartment.

Some stay temporarily with family and friends or end up in the general homeless system. Many return to the abuser.

Even if they do secure permanent housing, their housing stability can be impacted by the trauma they have experienced from both homelessness and domestic violence. The Jennings’ on-site

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How does the project contribute to the life of its surrounding community?

High quality, affordable housing is critical for a healthy community. It can bring stability and new opportunity to the people who call it home and to the community at large. Housing can also be a sanctuary that provides people with a safe environment where they can build stability and live with dignity. With 42 affordable units, and 23 units for previously homeless survivors of domestic violence, The Jennings fills this need and will be a resource of affordable housing for the community for years to come. The building employs four full-time staff: two social workers, the superintendent and a porter. n

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SOURCES OF PUBLIC FINANCING The NYS Cabins were funded by Governor Cuomo’s NY Parks 2020 initiative with full funding by New York State (as a NYS initiative).

The plan is part of a multi-year commitment since 2011 to restore facilities, enhance visitor experience, update signage and create better access for tourists at parks across the State; the plan follows a seven-point framework that will leverage approximately $900 million in public and private funding to modernize the State park system.

SUBMITTED BY WXY architecture + urban design | New York, NY Photo Credits | © Albert Vecerka/Esto

New Construction | Award of Distinction NYS Cabins | Long Island, New York

POSITIONING NEW YORK STATE PARKS AS A TOP RECREATION DESTINATION

Modernizing Wildwood State Park with New Cabins and Cottages.

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unded by Governor Cuomo’s NY Parks 2020 initiative, New York State Parks commissioned the design team to design the first vacation cabins and cottages at Wildwood State Park on Long Island, with 10 cabins ranging in size from 670 to 784 square feet.

The new vacation cabins are designed to provide high quality, affordable accommodations at Wildwood State Park on the Long Island Sound. The exteriors of the cabins are clad in cedar shingles, with reclaimed mahogany detailing and metal roofing, allowing the structures to fit seamlessly with existing Works Progress Administration (WPA) cabins that date from the 1930s.

The cabins feature both one and two bedroom units, as well as a bathroom, kitchenette, screened outdoor porch and furnishings. The more open, wider floor plans are better suited for large families and meet modern ADA requirements.

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Inside, the cabin is bright with plenty of natural light, equipped with large windows and unfinished natural wood surfaces, a reaction to older structure’s often dark and cramped layout. Durable, solid furniture, and a lack of ornamentation, speak to longevity and easy maintenance.

What is the greater social value of the submission?

This project was funded to revitalize NYS Parks by investing in outdoor recreation areas, with the hopes of positioning New York State as a top recreation destination; the cabins were funded to enhance the experience of the Wildwood State park for all visitors, modernizing the campgrounds for continual use while also developing the park into a local economic engine.

How does the project contribute to the life of its surrounding community?

“We wanted to have a dialogue with the past, but not try to recreate it. It’s a prototype that will go into parks where other cabins from the past already exist, and they need to harmonize together.”

Angelyn Chandler, Former Deputy Commissioner, New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation The structures were designed with longevity in mind and will provide and serve camp-goers for many years to come. All cabins are prefabricated offering utility and ease of installation, allowing them to be replicated and used throughout the state; their prototypes were conscientiously designed to establish a framework that the park service can use for future instances, providing an example of how design excellence can be applied to public space. n

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SOURCES OF PUBLIC FINANCING The State of New York is the 100% funding source for The City University Construction Fund (CUCF), a public benefit corporation established by the New York State to provide facilities to support the educational purposes of the City University of New York (CUNY). The design team worked with several agencies over the course of a ten-year period to bring the project to fruition.

SUBMITTED BY Perkins Eastman Photo Credits | © Andrew Rugge

New Construction | Award of Distinction CUNY New York City College of Technology (City Tech) Academic Building | Brooklyn, New York

IMPROVING THE FACE OF CITY TECH WITH A NEW CAMPUS GATEWAY

A New Identity is Created for the Largest Four-Year Public College of Technology in New York State. emphasis on applied skills and place-based learning. Spanning a full New York City block and anchoring a prominent corner, the 365,000sf building is the latest addition to Brooklyn’s expanding Tech Triangle—one of the fastest growing employment and innovation clusters in the nation. The building significantly improves the face of City Tech, creating a new campus gateway along a major thoroughfare, and enhances the surrounding urban context.

As part of the new academic building design process, the design team was able to address City Tech’s unique mission as a senior technical college within the CUNY system, and changing academic curricula, with a dynamic mix of academic and clinical programs and a learner-centered design approach.

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he largest four-year public college of technology in New York State, CUNY New York City College of Technology (“City Tech”) now boasts a 365,000sf Academic Complex that significantly improves the face of the institution, creating a new campus gateway and enhancing its densely urban neighborhood.

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The new facility houses biological sciences and chemistry laboratories; radiologic and medical imaging suite; nursing simulation and assessment labs; dental hygiene and vision care clinics; state-of-the-art smart classrooms; conference/seminar rooms; faculty offices; student life/recreation areas; 1,000-seat theater; and 1,000-seat spectator gymnasium. In addition, a wellness center and a CUNY Community Center reinforce City Tech’s commitment to fostering an atmosphere of inclusion and collaboration and a strong tradition of facilitating economic mobility to its diverse student population.

Interior planning is organized vertically and horizontally to distribute public, clinical functions, and shared classrooms.

Heavily populated spaces are located lower in the building, with lighter-use clinical and office environments on the upper floors. To encourage stair use, the design incorporates internal stair connections with ample daylight. Student collaboration spaces and informal lounges were designed to encourage interaction, discovery, and the flexibility to meet changing objectives over time. These are complemented by amenities that encourage engagement and community.

The bold yet contextual design for the New Academic Building at City Tech bridges academic programs with clinical experience, expands City Tech’s ability to prepare for a new generation of science and nursing leaders, and unifies and activates the burgeoning tech corridor that will continue to redefine Brooklyn.

What is the greater social value of the project?

Representing some 150 countries, 35% of City Tech’s students were born outside the US and 73% report another language than English as being primary. Against this diverse urban backdrop, the new academic complex importantly serves as a path to economic mobility for generations of students.

The building creates a new identify for the College and is environmentally responsible, achieving LEED Gold certification using sustainable strategies such as high-performance insulated glazing, energy efficiency, water use reduction, healthy material selections, maximized daylighting, enhanced commissioning, use of local and regional materials, indoor air quality measures, and LEED innovation. As part of the LEED Innovation credits, the College will provide a course highlighting global climate change resulting in current waste and water and energy practices and introduce students to innovative technologies to mitigate global climate change. Courses will also include basic principles of green design, including an analysis of the building itself.

Building on themes of addressing outside student stressors, the building needed to not only provide a home base for students, but also be a place that physically and emotionally nourishes students.

The organic sculptural theater design, with its complex diverse program goals, functions as a standalone facility open to the community within the main academic building. From the main lobby, the curved structure is prominently visible from the street level down to the gym below grade. The glazed channel glass façade creates a luminescent glow in the evening, serving as a beacon of light. The diverse program functions as a lecture hall, a performance space for drama and dance, as well as an educational lab for hands-on experience for the College’s Entertainment Technology program.

The design team deployed a number of biophilic design strategies inside and outside the classroom to help recharge students and improve cognitive performance by incorporating extensive natural light, long-views of the skyline, various opportunities for study, and changing visual patterns with light/shadow in the landscaped open courtyard. Designed into both single and multistory spaces, and combined with extensive internal glazing, this permitted “passive awareness” throughout the school, allowing students to quietly absorb activities while staying focused.

Long lauded for its strong tradition of providing economic mobility to an extraordinarily diverse student population, City Tech has introduced a game-changer in this new technologically sophisticated building—one that will help generations of students compete as they seek to attain professional and economic success.

“Recognized as the epicenter of STEM education in The City University of New York, with more than half of its degree-seeking students enrolled in STEM programs, City Tech now has a new space to match to match its aspirations.” says City Tech president, Russell Hotzler.

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The facade functions compositionally at different scales with expressive, multidimensional rhythms that showcase the activity within. The building establishes a contextual architectural response to its street condition while its dynamic shape, expressive detailing, and animated glazing systems provide a signature expression for the College in its urban downtown setting. Architectural features are meant to provide a sense of scale appropriate to pedestrians..

ous College-wide and community spaces that vary in form and fenestration.

These include a dramatic sculptural and translucent curved theater and various student service spaces—all clustered around and above the “living room” atrium. In this way, the building’s internal academic functions are “on display” to the community and its occupants are constantly connected back to the urban context while going about their day. This transparency and design decisions create linkages with the community that reinforce the institution’s mission, history, and goals for the future.

The College’s highly recognized Allied Health programs—most notably Dental Hygiene, Nursing, Restorative Dentistry, and Vision Care—are housed in a rectangular volume perched over numer-

In an urban context that needs exemplars of community revitalization, the project’s visibility is an important marker for the community as it embarks on change and innovation. n

positive impact of state-funded building design and emphasizes a commitment to community-building.

How does the project contribute to the life of its surrounding community?

The project’s location near the foot of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges gave the College an opportunity to respond both to the phenomenal growth in industry and technological advances in its disciplines and the College’s increasing need for state-of-the-art instructional facilities to support its academic programs and Tech Triangle partnerships in one highly visible and prominent building.

The building design captures the inherent value of access, transparency, and an activated pedestrian realm, celebrating the building’s powerful intersection of academics, employment access, and community through an open soaring glass “living room” atrium at the building’s corner. This space invites students and the community alike—providing rare access to Tech Triangle resources such as the College’s clinics, a wellness center, a 1,000-seat theater, an 800-seat spectator gymnasium, and a CUNY student outreach center.

The building represents a cooperative effort between CUNY, New York State, civic leaders, and the design and construction community to improve the urban environment of downtown Brooklyn.

Its strategic site prominently contributes to Brooklyn’s expanding Tech Triangle.

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CREATING A FUNCTIONAL TRANSIT STATION IN A SACRED SPACE

Rebuilding the Cortlandt Street Subway Station as Part of Lower Manhattans Recovery from 9/11.

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estroyed in the September 11th terror attacks, the Cortlandt Street subway station was one of the last and most complex pieces of infrastructure rebuilt as part of Lower Manhattan’s recovery. The new station, renamed WTC Cortlandt, connects subway commuters to the 9/11 Memorial and to the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, allowing for more convenient transfers to the PATH rail system, the Battery Park City Ferry Terminal, the World Trade Center, and the Fulton Center.

The 30,000-square-foot station sits 20 feet below grade and includes two 700-foot platforms and a lower mezzanine level that connects the platform areas. It serves more than 1.2 million commuters annually and is as a model for all future subway stations: it is fully ADA accessible, air-tempered, and equipped with state-of-the-art security, communications, and life-safety systems.

The station’s design was heavily influenced by use of a top-down construction method that was utilized for the iconic World Trade Center Transportation Hub and required a highly complex construction sequencing plan. The location also meant working with numerous state, city and private stakeholders to accommodate construction schedules and maintain overall design standards. In addition to navigating the multi-layered and intricate construction components and schedules of this project,

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the emotional challenges of this project for those involved were substantial.

What is the greater social value of the submission?

The design imperative was to create a functional transit station in a sacred space. The marble mosaic artwork within the station reflects the solemnity, significance, contemporary nature, and elegant aesthetic of the station it inhabits. Gracefully spanning more than 4,350 square feet of wall-space within the station, the artwork (comprised of extracted language from both the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights and the US Declaration of Independence) is masterfully integrated into the architecture of the station and acts, not only as a unifying aesthetic element throughout the station, but as a potent and powerful declaration of human rights, civil liberties, and the nation’s guiding principles.

The work has a transformative effect on the station and its users; its dynamic presence acts as resounding reminder to all those who walk the platform from where their freedoms derive.

How does the project contribute to the life of its surrounding community?

The artwork is integrated into the station’s architectural design and has become the station finish. Set in monochromatic marble mosaic, the woven

reverse-relief text forms a white-onwhite tactile surface framing the subway platforms and guiding the movement of people throughout the site. The raised surface of the text also invites subway riders to touch the mosaics as they read the words, creating meaningful personal encounters with riders- interactions which allow commuters to literally interact with the civic ideals and aspirations that serve as bedrock principles for the nation. The pristine beauty of the art resonates with viewers in its celebration of our highest ideals and the resilience of our nation.

Furthermore, the station leads directly to the 9/11 Memorial Museum; many tourists and visitors to the museum will exit the station en route to the memorial with the potent symbolism of the work’s message resonating with them as they ascend the steps to the Memorial. The white marble mosaics celebrating the nation’s ideals lead to the memorial pools – where passersby see (in dark relief engravings) the names of thousands of people who were lost on that fateful day.

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Call for Entries! ADF Milano Salone 2021 Design Award Design Theme: “Re_”

ADF (Aoyama Design Forum), a non-profit organization, has decided to showcase at “Fuori Salone” during Milano Salone, the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition held in Milan, Italy, in 2021. The showcase will go on during the exhibition. ADF invites the international design world to submit for the “ADF Milano Salone Design Award 2021.” Registration is now open until November 15, 2020.

The theme of this year’s “ADF Milano Salone Design Award 2021” is “re_”. “Re_” literally means “to make something again.” ”ReBORN,“ “re-CYCLE,” “re-USE,” “re-BUILD,” “re-NOVATION,” etc. Propose your own “re_” in your own way. Furniture, architecture, space, plan, the format is open. Don’t miss this great opportunity to send your wonderful ideas and works out into the world at the worlds famous exhibition, “Milano Salone.”

Out of all of the entries, based on the award theme, three works: one (1) Best Performance Award; and two (2) Outstanding Performance Awards will be chosen under strictly impartial examination. The Best Performance Award winner will receive a prize of $10,000 USD and their award-winning work will be exhibited at the ADF booth of the “Milano Salone” held in 2021 (ADF supports up to $10,000 USD separately as production and construction expenses). The exhibition site is located in the Zona Tortona, known as the most popular place in the “Milano Salone” off-sites. We are looking forward to receiving innovative and unique entries.

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Innovation Originality Extensibility Functionality The space creates communication friendly environment

Jury: To be Announced Awards:

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”ADF Milano Salone Design Award 2021” Summary Title | ADF Milano Salone Design Award 2021 Design Theme | “re_” Period | July 1 – November 15, 2020 Awards | Best Performance Award – 1 work - Prize : $10,000 USD and an exhibition of the award winning work (ADF will sponsor for the production and site installation cost up to 10,000 USD for the Best Performance Award work) Outstanding Performance Award - 2 works, Prize: $1,000 USD There is a case of no corresponding work awarded.

Qualification Requirements | Individual or group (1 project per group) regardless of nationality Application Fee | Free Application Language | English or Japanese Details | Go to https://pro.evalato.com/2455 to learn more and register ADF (Aoyama Design Forum) is a non-profit organization established in Japan in 2009 that aims to train and improve the status of designers worldwide. https://www.adf.or.jp/english/

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Professional Awards

DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN AWARD

Brendan R. Mehaffy Executive Director, Buffalo Office of Strategic Planning

The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award recognizes public officials or individuals who, through their efforts, have furthered the public’s awareness and/or appreciation of design excellence in public architecture. This award is intended to recognize members of the public who make contributions to architecture.

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rendan R. Mehaffy has served as Executive Director of the Buffalo Office of Strategic Planning since 2010. Before that, he served briefly as Deputy Attorney in the City of Buffalo Law Department from which he was selected by Mayor Byron W. Brown to head the then-embattled organization. The Office of Strategic Planning includes not only the Division of Planning and Zoning but also Development, Real Estate, and Environmental Affairs and coordinates the operations of the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency and the Buffalo Urban Development Corporation. The combined organizations comprise a staff of more than 80 people.

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As Executive Director of Strategic Planning, Brendan has guided significant development efforts that the city has enjoyed over the last decade. Brendan’s legal and urban planning expertise has been invaluable in contributing to the re-birth of Buffalo, NY.

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Mehaffy, 46, grew up in the Buffalo suburb of Clarence, earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Binghamton University (SUNY), a graduate degree in city planning from the London School of Economics, and Juris Doctor from the University at Buffalo Law School. His private sector legal experience includes work with Buffalo land-use attorney, Robert Knoer; with noted land-use specialist Robert Frelich at his Kansas City law firm of Frelich Leitner & Carlisle; and a stint as a clerk in the City of Buffalo Law Department.

Over the years, Mehaffy has earned a reputation for his negotiation skills, quiet consensus building, strategic big-picture thinking, discipline and stamina. His work to negotiate the transfer of control of Buffalo parks back from Erie County was accomplished quickly, fairly, and without undue controversy. In his early years in his current post he helped the organization recover from a series of scandals that had plagued his predecessor.

Mehaffy is married to the former Michele McClintick, formerly a reporter for WIVB-TV, and currently Buffalo Regional Consumer Affairs Manager for Wegman’s supermarkets.

They are the parents of two children.

Professional Awards

HENRY HOBSON RICHARDSON AWARD

Barbara A. Campagna, FAIA BAC/Architecture + Planning, PLLC

The Henry Hobson Richardson Award recognizes AIA members licensed in NYS and practicing in the private sector who have made a significant contribution to the quality of NYS public architecture and who have established a portfolio of accomplishments to that end.

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Barbara’s impact in New York City includes working with the Central Park Conservancy restoring and adaptively reusing the Calvert Vaux-designed Belvedere Castle. She led the reinterpretation of the ceiling in the St. Guilhem Gallery at the Cloisters Museum of the Metropolitan Museum of Art – designing a complex new laylight and roof and she oversaw the exterior restoration of the 1925 Federal Reserve Bank.

Barbara has been a key player in Buffalo’s economic renaissance. She is a core member of the remaking of the Richardson Olmsted Campus (Buffalo Psychiatric Center) into the Hotel Henry and Buffalo Architecture Center, having worked on this campus for over 30 years. She was the project architect for the transformation of one of the hospital ward buildings into OMH offices, and served on the Richardson Center Corporation and Architecture Center boards for 10 years. Since 2016, Barbara has been the preservation architect for the redevelopment of three historic factories on Buffalo’s East Side, converting these into a new community college Workforce Training Center and light-manufacturing uses. Reactivating this neighborhood with funds from Buffalo Billion, Rehabilitation Tax Credits, New Market Tax Credits and Brownfield Tax Credits has been key to reviving the East Side. Her hand is seen across the region, as the preservation architect for the restoration of the 1901 glass-and-steel skylight covering the atrium of the former U.S. Post Office, now the SUNY Erie City Campus; the restoration of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Jamestown using $500,000 awarded through the NYS Environmental Protection Fund; and the rehabilitation of the 1848 Eliza Quirk Boarding House, adapted for affordable housing, nonprofit office and workshop space for Preservation Buffalo Niagara.

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Barbara is a remarkable preservation architect whose efforts have significantly impacted the preservation and continuing viability of New York State’s historic landmarks reviving them with new uses for the public good.

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arbara has dedicated her career to preserving, remaking and reinventing historic places. A native of Buffalo, she has completed the restorations of some of the most significant historic buildings in the country with a particular impact across New York State. She is creative and visionary, achieving feasible solutions to complex preservation, adaptive reuse and restoration projects through her design ability and capacity to build consensus. She is a recognized leader in the technical aspects of masonry and window preservation. She is an expert in strategic and master planning, successfully completing the complex regulatory reviews of local, state and national projects; has developed innovative mitigation programs and has expertise in investment rehabilitation tax-credit projects. Her Buffalo-based-firm, BAC/A+P, occupies a unique niche in the historic preservation and green-building fields.

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Professional Awards

NELSON ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER AWARD

Ben Harrison, AIA Architect, Putnam County Highway & Facilities Planning and Design Division

The Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Award recognizes licensed architects employed in the public sector in New York State whose work on projects within their jurisdiction has furthered the cause of design excellence in public architecture.

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Ben Harrison has had a substantial impact on the built environment and creating design excellence within New York State, specifically in Putnam County, for multiple public projects.

en Harrison has been working as Putnam County’s Architect as a County employee for several years. Putnam County developed a new concept in architecture for planning and construction dealing with county municipalities. Putnam County’s Architect works with the County’s range of talented and skilled employees to enhance and significantly improve the County’s built environment not only for its employees but also the public as well. Ben has been working with legislators, senators, and multiple County departments in developing projects that improve and enhance buildings including accessibility, egress, security, and functionality. This direction has allowed Putnam County to receive it first Architectural Award last year for the 2019 AIA New York State Excelsior Award for Renovation/Addition Award of Merit for Tilly Foster Farm Educational Institute Building #8, the County’s first public institute for career education. Building #8 is used as an Educational center for Culinary Arts Training and Bioscience Education for Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES, an event space, and a farm-to-table restaurant called Tilly’s Table. Putnam County’s Tilly Foster Farm Educational Institute not only provides diverse educational experiences, but self-sustaining opportunities for local tourism and community gatherings.

Over the last 25 years working in different cities on projects ranging in healthcare, education, institutional, and commercial, Ben has collected different skills, talent, and experience that he uses within Putnam County. Not only does Ben work with engineers, consultants, specialists, and contractors during the design and construction of the projects, he also reviews with the County’s plumbers, electricians, carpenters, and HVAC technicians in developing the projects, creating standard equipment callouts, and proposing energy efficiency improvements to develop County standards. This process has developed into renovating two (2) Senior Centers over 6,000 sq ft each, an update to the County’s Golf Course, and multiple County departments being enhanced and modified.

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Prior to working with Putnam County, Ben worked for various architectural firms contributing to New York based projects for clients such as the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Veteran Affairs (VA), SUNY Farmingdale, public library renovations, the US General Service Administration (GSA), and Ossining Town Hall.

Ben Harrison is always focused on designing and renovating structures for all users and has had a substantial impact on the built environment within New York State.

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2020 Excelsior Awards New Construction Honor Award recipient DePaul Upper Falls Square Apartments Congratulations team!

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