Cerami Portfolio - Residential

CERAMI PORTFOLIO - RESIDENTIAL & MIXED-USE

By the Numbers 60 million 55 years

Providing creative design.

3 offices

Which include Washington DC, New York City and Philadelphia.

100 people

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Square feet of residential building experience.

All of whom operate with passionate responsibility for our clients and their projects, and each other.

25%

Of female engineers. Cerami is also a certified womanowned business enterprise.

1 firm

Largest woman owned acoustics and technology firm in the U.S.

ABOU T US

Who We Are Cerami has earned the reputation as the premier acoustic design and technology consulting company working with world-class developers and architects on their iconic projects, globally. We’re unique in that we bridge acoustics with technology to create the total user experience.

Practical and visionary, we work closely with a project’s design team to create solutions that meet the designer and the end-user’s project goals. It’s often up to Cerami to create that signature voice – in terms of how a building or space sounds or perhaps how it doesn’t sound at all, as well as how its inhabitants connect to one another through technology. Our multi-disciplinary team also bring 55 years of experience and excellence to create environments that are resilient, adaptable and exemplary.

WE ARE A WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (WBE)

THE WHARF PARCEL 2 Washington, DC 3

Our Experience 4

PUBLIC HOTEL & RESIDENCES BEYER BLENDER BELLE HERZOG & DE MEURON

A 25-stories mixed-use development situated at 215 Chrystie Street in New York City. The 258,000 sf tower consists of consists of 367 hotel keys, and 11 luxury condominiums at the top seven floors. Other programs include public assembly spaces, various amenities, and includes 3 below-grade cellars.

Cerami was chosen as the acoustical consultant for this project.

Working closely with the design team, we ensured acoustical separation of guestrooms and residences for the highest level of privacy and solitude expected in five-star luxury.

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551 W E S T 21S T S T R E E T BEYER BLINDER BELLE ARCHITECTS FOSTER + PARTNERS

Acoustics played an important role in the design of 551 West 21st Street. When designing apartment buildings in New York City, there are acoustical code requirements; this building improves upon these requirements for additional quality.

The location on the West Side Highway required that the building have windows that provide a comfortable interior environment.

The windows used acoustical interlayers in the glass and reinforced framing elements to reduce noise transmission from the traffic. With the high ratings on the windows used in this project, the West Side Highway will seem like a typical New York City side street.

The typical trend in New York apartments uses a visible local room air conditioning unit to provide local control while meeting the temperature requirements in the space. Removing the air conditioning units from the bedrooms in this building results in a quieter environment year round.

Hearing your neighbors is a consistent concern in New York City apartment buildings. This building uses an acoustical underlayment in the build-up of the floor throughout the apartments to reduce noise from neighbors above. Where there are partitions between apartments, an increased assembly is used to further reduce noise transmission, beyond what is typically provided. Attention was paid to partitions with apartments to help improve privacy not just between neighbors, but within the apartment as well.

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ESSEX CROSSING, THE ARTISAN HANDEL ARCHITECTS

Located at the Manhattan entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge, The Artisan is a 19-story residential tower rising above a 5-story commercial podium consisting of office and retail spaces. The tower includes 263 residential apartments with 121 of the units designated as affordable.

The Artisan is part of Essex Crossing, a new 1.65-million SF mixed-use development that includes affordable housing, an urban park, a new and expanded Essex Street Market, community facilities, a rooftop urban farm, office space and a diverse mix of retail components.

Cerami was chosen as the acoustical consultant for this development.

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AMERICAN COPPER BUILDINGS SHOP

Cerami is providing acoustical design services for 626 First Avenue which features two luxury rental towers, 40- and 49-stories. The towers will have 800 residential units and will feature a bronze and glass facade. In order to accommodate the architect’s design, the glass had to be designed to provide sufficient mitigation from adjacent highway noise. We provided glazing recommendations for the different facades in order to meet the difficult window wall requirements.

Additionally, the towers will be connected with a sky bridge that includes amenities such as an indoor lap pool, a rooftop deck, a fitness center, and a film screening room. This was found to be challenging as the sky bridge between the two buildings will be cantilevered with a slip connection on the east side. Cerami provided technical evaluation to address potential structural vibrational concerns.

Cerami also reviewed mechanical areas of acoustical concern, such as unit heaters, network exhaust fans, janitor exhaust fans, HVAC pumps, heat pumps, and the pool dehumidification system. Our team provided recommendations for the reduction of noise transmission from all aspects of mechanical systems and equipment.

In order to ensure comfortable and acoustically private environments for all residents, Cerami provided recommendations for architectural acoustical design. The new residences are scheduled for completion in early 2017.

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SENDERO VERDE HANDEL ARCHITECTS

Sendero Verde will be a transformative integration of buildings, open spaces and greenery containing three multi-use buildings that will provide East Harlem and its residents with vitally needed affordable housing, community resources for health and wellness, indoor and outdoor activity throughout the year and a peerless facility to educate hundreds of the community’s young people.

The new construction will include 655 mixed-income residential units, retail, community facility space, courtyard, four community gardens, a supermarket, a charter school, a YMCA, job training center, preventative health care facility operated by Mount Sinai, and space for East Harlem organization Union Settlement. Cerami is the acoustic designer for the Sendero Verde development.

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GREENPOINT LANDING HANDEL ARCHITECTS

Greenpoint Landing is a residential and mixed-use development located on 22 acres of waterfront property. The overall development will include residential, retail, and a public school. Additionally, 1,400 of the approximately 5,500 residential units are designed to be affordable.

Cerami is currently providing acoustical consulting services for buildings G1, G2, F1, F2, and E3, all of which are to be mixed-use residential buildings. Our team is also providing E-Designation scope for the entire site.

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T H E W H A R F PA R C E L 2 PERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS

The Wharf is a $2 billion redevelopment of the historic Southwest Waterfront. Parcel 2 features two 12-story residential towers known as The Channel, several floors of retail and restaurants, and a 6,000 seat music hall known as The Anthem, which is the new premier music venue in Washington, D.C. Our acoustical team guided the design of the base building to ensure appropriate sound isolation and noise control. Highlights of the design included establishing the acoustical criteria for the noise levels in the residences, noise and vibration isolation from the rooftop mechanical equipment, sound isolation between residences and retail, and slab isolation of the residential fitness center to limit structure-borne noise transmission.

We also collaborated with the design team to provide appropriate isolation between the residential areas and retail from the music venue. This consisted of structural isolation between buildings, and all areas which are adjacent to or above The Anthem, including residential corridors, residences, retail & restaurants, and the residential courtyard on the roof of the Anthem.

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555 E S T R E E T H O T E L & R E S I D E N C E S FXCOLLABORATIVE

The 555 E Street project is a mixed-use development located in Southwest Washington, DC. The 12-story building consists of approximately 301,000 sf above grade with 2 levels of parking below grade, ground level retail spaces and central courtyards for both residential and hotel units above the 2nd and 3rd floors.

The hotel occupies floors 3 through 11 and comprises of approximately 242 keys. Residential floors 3 and 4 comprises of Senior Housing, while residential floors 5 through 11 will comprise 132 residential units.

Cerami was chosen to provide acoustical, audiovisual, IT, and security consulting services.

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3 0 0 M S T R E E T, N E HICKOK COLE ARCHITECTS

Cerami provided acoustical consulting services for the 300 M Street, NE residential building located in Washington, DC. The new 11-story residential building is a 400-unit multifamily development consisting of approximately 400,000 sf. The program also includes amenities, rooftop garden and pool, 12,000 sf of retail, and 120,000 sf of below grade parking.

Cerami conducted environmental noise assessment to assess vehicular and pedestrian noise impact to the building faรงade and provided acoustical recommendations to mitigate transmission of traffic/site noise.

Our acoustical team established acoustical criteria for the noise levels in the residences, as well as noise and vibration isolation between residences and the internal unit HVAC equipment, elevators, and roof top equipment.

Cerami also provided slab isolation and floor finish recommendations to mitigate noise transmission between floors and spaces.

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A VA L O N B AY N A S H U A S T R E E T RESIDENCES CBT ARCHITECTS

AvalonBay is building a new 38-story residential tower in Boston, MA that will consist of 503 residential units and 219 parking spaces. The residential tower comprises of 35 three-bedroom units, 27 affordable units, and 3,575 square feet of retail space. Urban amenities for residents will include a dedicated 2,000-square-foot terrace, private fitness center, and Wi-Fi lounge. Cerami was chosen to provide acoustical consulting services for the new tower.

Cerami’s acoustics team reviewed the architectural drawings and documents in order to confirm and provide guidelines.

Our review and recommendations ensure that any areas of acoustical concern are in compliance with applicable Code requirements.

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BORO GENSLER LANDDESIGN

Cerami was chosen to provide acoustical, audiovisual, IT, and security consulting services for the Boro located in Tysons Corner, VA. The project consists of a 1.4 acre park surrounded by multiple buildings. Boro Magnetic and Atrium Park will include a streetscape with a pop jet fountain, amphitheater, retail kiosks, and potential “interactive� art or wayfinding. The Boro Tower is a 440,000 SF trophy class office tower with ground floor retail. The Boro Retail is a 223,000 SF building that will house a 15 screen movie theater with ground floor retail.

Cerami is establishing design criteria for background noise levels for the operation of all HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and elevator equipment systems based on the Noise Criterion ratings. We are establishing criteria for the Sound Transmission Class of partitions to maintain acoustical separation between spaces and ensuring Speech Privacy Potential is upheld between ajoining spaces. We are also working closely with the ownership to review lease language and advising on the acoustic impact of various tenant requirements.

Our team is collaborating with the owner and design team to determine the required infrastructure. We are preparing an audiovisual report and budget estimate that will include a summary of the audiovisual requirements and any possible equipment needed.

Cerami developed and provided a security program report for the Park that consisted of the envisioned design and best practe recommendations. The report addressed electronic Access Control and Alarm Monitoring Systems, a Video Surveillance System, and an Intrusion Detection System.

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