Project 6 - Ideas for West Park Presbytarian Church

The project was a proposal for a possible redesign of a historic church in the Upper West Side of New York City. The main goal was to come up with a design that would allow the congregation to remain in their home while also adding new residential units to the site. The proposal designed by DXA was a lower-rise addition that blended seamlessly with the existing architecture while also adding a modern twist. The design would require a financial compromise, but it ultimately would allow for the restoration of the church and the addition of family-sized apartments to the neighborhood.

could accommodate 101,000 square feet of usable space; DXA s design yields about 77,000, which makes the math more complicated and margins tighter. The high-rise tower option would be a more straightfor ward construction project (but a costly and probably dead-end political battle), yield more deluxe views, and bring a more assured return. The lower-rise version is a more innovative project with correspondingly squishier math. Even so, it should be enough to keep the congregation in its home pay for the restoration add a couple dozen family-size homes to the Upper West Side s supply, and bring in revenue to make investors happy With that in mind, the LPC should deny the hardship application and urge the congregation to pursue a more nuanced and preser vation-minded design. For what shall it profit a neighborhood to gain a whole condo building and lose its soul?

As the 3D modeler for the project, I was responsible for creating the digital model of the church and its surroundings, as well as producing the final elevation renders of the proposal. The model was made using Rhino 3D, and the elevations were done through the use of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

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