NOSTRAND.Connect Presentation

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1564 Nostrand Ave brooklyn, ny

nostrand.CONNECT join the hype.

2019 and Beyond

creating communities

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neighborhood context

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The intent of the nostrand.Connect development is to raise a learning environment complete with chance encounters and a community in which the neighborhood of nostrand.Connect can grow and thrive. The design provides a safe space, that is active around the clock while pushing to unite the surrounding areas regardless of background. Residents and visitors alike have opportunities to invest in their education within convenient classroom settings. This design focuses not only the youth that come into the development but the older generations as well who can use these spaces to connect to the world around them. Nostrand.Connect wants to bring together Nostrand’s future inhabitants, while enhancing their existence with opportunities to grow skills and cultivate ideas in a collaborative CONNECTed environment.

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THE BUILDING: The core concept of nostrand.Connect is: Connectivity. Every design move that the team made was with the intent of pushing some form of connection within and around the site. All of this was continuously done with the three pillars of sustainability in mind: Social, Economic and Environmental. (click the + for more facts on nostrand connect)

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neighborhood context

site

discovery

when taking on the site we assessed the pre-existing building and the context of the surrounding neighborhood.

super Block

the site on which the design sits is about 59,000SF of land call for investigation of connection of the earth and sky planes.

divide

noticing the retail and residential program around, the design reacted to this, through division of building mass. $42,833 Under 24

$29,719

$42,833 65 and over Under 24

$29,719 $42,833 65 and over Under 24

$48,921 45 to 64 $58,394 25 to 44

$58,394 25 to 44

$29,719 65 and over

$48,921 45 to 64

$48,921 45 to 64

$58,394 25 to 44

demographics Other: 0.6%

Senior: 11.1%

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push

connect

to connect the ends of the site, a series of portals were placed on the east and west walls of the building

design

to connect the ends of the site, a series of portals were placed on the east and west walls of the building

senior 11.1% Senior:

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Mixed: 2.2% 11.1%

Asian: 5.4%

White: 12.1%

30.6%

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adult Older Adult: 30.6% Older Adult: 30.

Older 6% Adult: 30.6%

Hispanic/Latino: 14.3%

College: 5.2%

based on solar, circulation, and zoning factors, the building was pushed into its final form.

Senior: 11.1%

college 5.2% 5.2% College: 5.2% College:

Other: 0.6%

Other: 0.6%

OTHERMixed: 2.0.6% 2% Mixed: 2.2% BLUE COLLAR 5.4% Asian: 5.4% MIXEDAsian: 2.2% 15% Blue collar ASIANWhite: 12.5.4% 1% White: 12.1% workers WHITEHispanic/Latino: 12.1% 14.3%Hispanic/Latino: 14.3% HISPANIC 14.3%

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WHITE COLLAR 85% White collar AFRICAN 65.4% workers African-American: 65.4AMERICA % African-American: 65.African-American: 4% 65.4%

$48,921 45Younger to 64 Adult: 28.8Younger % Adult:Younger 28.8% Adult: 28.8% 28.8% young adult

$58,394 25 to 44 Children: 24.3% median age by income group

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Children: 24.3%Children: 24.3% age

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Other: 0.6%

Senior: 11.1%

Mixed: 2.2% Asian: 5.4% Blue collar

White: 12.1%

Older Adult: 30.6%

Hispanic/Latino: 14.3%

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College: 5.2% White collar

Younger Adult: 28.8% African-American: 65.4%

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Retail

In the design are shop spaces, as well as office and commercial retail spaces available to be rented out. There are opportunities for the residents to open up shops on the ground floor alongside whatever brand stores or offices decide to join the nostrand.Connect team.

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At nostrand.CONNECT The core concept of nostrand.Connect is: Connectivity.

Every design move that the team made was with the intent of pushing some form of connection within and around the site. All of this was continuously done with the three pillars of sustainability in mind: Social, Economic and Environmental.

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A. townhomes (mixed use) b. Living Room c. Lobby d. Retail e. Green Space f. Affordable Units g. Market Rate Units h. Outdoor Space

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Senior Living (ADA) Typical Floorplan

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UNITS Senior Living

To fit the Age in Place mindset, nostrand.Connect made it a priority to make room for all possible residents. There are more spacious room plans, perfect for visitors, and accessibility.

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Typical Floorplan

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affordable housing Typical Floorplan

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UNITS Affordability

Average Household Income $66,438.60 Median Household Income $48,495.00 People below Poverty Level 19,072 Total population of Flatbush 105,804 Median Housing per Month $1,332

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1 - 2 bedrooms

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At nostrand.CONNECT The core concept of nostrand.Connect is: Connectivity. Every design move that the team made was with the intent of pushing some form of connection within and around the site. All of this was continuously done with the three pillars of sustainability in mind: Social, Economic and Environmental.

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sustainability efforts

existing home

A. Lobby b. Townhomes c. APARTMENTS d. WATER MANAGEMENT + FILTRATION e. SoLAR FARM f. EXISTING HOME g. GREEN ROOF + HYDROPONIC GARDEN

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ECONOMIC | Live, Work, Play

Within the design there exists a variety of shared and public spaces.

They begin on the ground floor with the market quad. Here patrons, visitors and residents alike can purchase, sell and connect with vendors. In this market there will be vendors from local to international, all there to bring revenue and activity to the site. As visitors travel further into the design they will be met by what “.Connect” calls its CONNECTion rooms made to be used for both learning and living of the residents and invited visitors. Interchangeably these spaces can be used for the purposes of which they are named.

For example, in one of room on floor 3 residents may be using it as a place to study for their next exam at any of twenty+ schools within a 5-mile radius of the residence. Of this mass of schools, the two which are assigned to this address, grades k-8, happen to be below average schools, so maybe on another floor a teacher uses one of these learning rooms to enrich students in the community.

Another of the rooms can be used as an extended living room, for meetings, for creatives to come together and create, for the people of Nostrand.Connect and the rest of the neighborhood to gather and progress in collaborative ways.

.Connect aims to grow the market of the Flatbush neighborhood in tangent with its moments of human connection. As mentioned, there are shop spaces, as well as office and commercial retail spaces open to be rented out. There are opportunities for the residents to open up shops on the ground floor alongside whatever brand stores or offices decide to join the nostrand.Connect team. Past commerce, the building strives to follow an economic model through its materials, a simple yet sophisticated combination of steel, brick and cross laminated timber interior. In .Connect there are also environmental factors that allow for the building to save money and energy as there is something happening at all times of day.

ENVIRONMENTAL | Sustainable Systems

VISION of nostrand.CONNECT

DESIGN OVERVIEW

All of nostrand.Connect’s environmental agencies are visible and evident inside and out of the building. Working from the roof of the building in, there is a green roof, which offers residents connection to nature, while acting as a point for water management systems that offer grey water use to the site.

Residents will also find a solar panel farm, this farm the existence of this panel farm will pair with the water management system to reduce the cost of everyday residence costs overtime. The openings in the main central space of the lower level allow for passive ventilation of the common areas on the ground floor.

At nostrand.Connect we strive to cultivate a community for all ages and cultures to come together. The design allows each of its residents and visitors the opportunity to experience an inclusive environment.

On the ground floor Retail can be used by the residents above as shops in which they can grow businesses, there is opportunity for pop-up shops, local retailers and brands to come together in a central space.

With the proximity of the retail to the housing above residents will not have to go far to access everything they need in their daily lives. Each level above this includes apartment units as well as CONNECTion rooms in which residents can cultivate stimulating environments that foster collaboration and growth. As the inhabitants of nostrand.Connect make their way to the roof, they will experience these rooms all the way up until they reach our shared outdoor spaces that are meant to encourage a tempering of pace, a connection to nature which offers room for bonding, reflection, and solidarity.

20 (accessible) 600 sf 30 (affordable) 700sf 51 (market rate) 1br:700sf 2br:1000sf

Facts on Solar panels: Community solar project (community net metering): With this approach, individual units can get a portion of the solar system’s production credited to their electricity bills. For example, you could install a 50 kW system on a roof and divide up the system’s production among all of the units, or those that elect to participate, with each getting proportional credit for the solar energy produced on their utility bill.

Typical ROI’s are 5-8 years.

Square Footage: Ground Floor: 38,000

WEST ELEVATION

Parking

townhomes

Brick Base

Portals

Residential (east)

Residential (West)

Upper Envelope

Green Roof

EAST ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION

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