470 Kent Av. Brooklyn, NYC
Content Location Context Key project data
City Scale
Precedents
Flood line study Waterfront connection Program on adjacent buildings
Site scale
Master
plan Perspective retail Perspective interior meeting area Perspective waterfront
Unit scale
Precedent
Study interior living Study on social interaction Diagram module residence Section through building on site Perspective south front of site Plan of proposed building
Location Located in the waterfront next to the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, NYC. This social housing complex for artists stands between Kent Avenue and the Wall-about Channel of the East River, providing a connection to the waterfront and clear views to the south of Manhattan; By trying to extend the urban environment of Brooklyn into the site, a building on the southern-most end of the site is arranged into interlocking 2-bedroom apartments/lofts which extends to both ends of the building, allowing residents of each apartment to have views of the East River and also the interior of the Social Housing complex.
Key Project Data MASTER PL AN Site Area Total Master Plan
150,000 square foot 120,000 square foot
Floor Area Ratio Number of Dwelling Units
2/3 30 apartments
DEVELOPED BUILDING Typical Live/Work Space
27,632 square foot
Served / Service Ratio
13,540 square foot
Total Envelop
41,172 square foot
City Scale Understanding and looking at the city scale can inform the project on the types of construction around the city, connections around the city, commuting patterns, and more. Looking at green spaces around the site and taking into perspective time troughout the years and how these changes may affect the project in the near future.
Precedents
Preliminary flood maps 2015
V Zone A Zone Shaded X Zone
Waterfront connection Diagram representing the idea of connecting Broadway St. with the interception of Kent Av. and Division Av. and converting that space into a potential path for residents who are commutting to the surrounding buildings
Surrounding building programs Researching and analizing programs throughout the neighborhood to understand what happens around the project site may lead to new decisions. Helping and making connections with adjacent buildings can help the local residents and at the same time the people living next to the site have a better living experience.
Site scale Analizing the site scale consists of been aware of the adjacent buildings, connecting streets, ways of how people traffic the space, and more. Locating the buildings on the site in a way that they create different type of spaces for human interaction within openings and enclosements all throughout the site for alternating types of activities such as artists performing, presentations, community gatherings, concerts and more.
Master Plan Three main buildings with different function and personality each one to sustain the artists living in them. The one being focused in this project is the southern-most facing building on the site which contains 30 apartments, gallery spaces and workshops. Adjacent to this building stands a retail building which connects the street into the site giving it a semi-public quality to the space.
Retail space connecting the street to the site with a coffee shop, lobby, distribution bridge, and a workshop.
Interior open space which receives the people entering the site with a semi-public coffee shop and a common area.
Waterfront connection from Kent Avenue to adjacent building. Providing a public space for the residents and neighbors to interact.
Unit scale The unit scale focuses on the destribution of the residents on the proposed building and at the way in which residents interact with one another on a daily basis within the building and also on the egress. The proposed apartment building consists of 15 modular boxes which each one contains two overlapping apartments with a corridor in the middle of them, creating an apartment which expands from both faces of the building generating more access to views of Manhattan and the buildings in Kent Avenue.
Precedents
Study focusing on the social interaction between apartments owners and how to show the idea of the modular overlapping apartments from the outside of the building.
Module M O D U L Eresidence RESIDENCE
Section trough proposed building on the southern-most space of the site which contains 30 2-bedroom modular apartments.
Perspective from the south looking at the closest part of the site to the interception of Kent Av. and Division Av. Kent Av. and the waterfront are connected by a 86’ long sloped path that continues laterally with the proposed building.
Plan view of proposed building located on site