Location Staten Island, New York City, USA Client/operator NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation Architect Sage and Coombe Architects 12-16 Vestry St, 5th Floor US - NY 10013, New York www.sageandcoombe.com Principals Jennifer Sage FAIA, LEED AP Peter Coombe AIA, LEED AP Project Architect/Associate Joshua Keay AIA, LEED AP Author Jennifer Sage Peter Coombe Joshua Keay Photos Alexa Hoyer Paul Warchol Official opening November 2015 Construction costs USD 73 Mio.
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SWEPT AWAY OCEAN BREEZE INDOOR ATHLETIC FACILITY IN NEW YORK CITY, USA Built as part of New York City’s Design Excellence program, the Ocean Breeze Indoor Athletic Facility sits within a new 110-acre park being developed as a part of former Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC initiative, whose primary goal was to bring large-scale regional parks to every borough. Located on Staten Island’s Eastern Shore, the building designed by Sage and Coombe Architects is part of the USD 1.2 billion roadmap for the greening of New York City. Working with a team of landscape architects, MEP engineers, environmental consultants, lighting designers, and track and field experts, Sage and Coombe designed the 12,500m² track and field complex on Staten Island’s Eastern Shore, with views of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, lower Manhattan, and the Lower New York Bay. The building, constructed on one of the few remaining areas of native upland coastal grasslands on the island, initially presented a delicate problem in siting. Dense wetlands and an existing easement pushed the building to the southeast corner of the site, where it fronts on
Father Capodanno Boulevard, a major northsouth artery serving Staten Island. Early on the decision was made to raise the arena portion of the building off the ground, which provided several strategic advantages: First, it would enhance views and protect the building – located less than 300m from the shore - from storm surges and rising tides. Second, it allows for a separation of program mes, between the day-to-day community fitness center (located at grade) and the massive influx of occupants who flood the arena for a track sb 1/2017