POD BROOKLYN HOTEL

CRITICS: PROF. COMBS, CARTER, STRADLEY COLLABORATORS: MAIMUNA HANNAN, CONOR HENRY CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS FALL 2022

While a building can be formally or figuratively complex, its true intricacy comes from its system of construction. Any formally complex aspect of a structure requires an even more complex construction system to make it feasible. Studying successful existing structures gives architects an exceptional precedent for how to start to break this complicated system down into more manageable pieces.

This project focuses on the method of construction used in a selected corner of the Pod Brooklyn Hotel in New York City. The hotel is created using prefabricated units for the hotel rooms. These are placed in a framework of structural hallways which were built on the site. As prefabricated construction is still an emerging typology, this structure serves as proof of its feasibility.

Above: Partial First Floor Plan of selected building corner

Right: Wall Section A.A and Partial Elevation B.B of selected building corner