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CRAN Custom Residential Architecture Network Current Issues
On March 10th, CRAN featured a show and tell session by a group of panelists entitled “Current Issues in Residential Architecture.” A select number of panelists shared stories about specific projects, including successes and challenges they encountered, and lessons they learned during the process:
ROBINSON + GRISARU ARCHITECTURE PC
ERIC LIFTIN OF MESH ARCHITECTURES
described a case study of inserting a mechanical system into a landmarked apartment building. The architects were restricted from placing the heat pump system’s outdoor air-cooled condensing unit on the roof or any other exterior space, so they constructed an interior mechanical room, successfully addressing the technical issues of exterior air-exchange along with waterproofing and soundproofing to meet both their client’s and the building’s requirements for a quiet high-performing system.
gave an audio-visual overview of MESH’s 4-year-long process of acquiring a site, designing, obtaining approval and ultimately constructing a six-story mass timer building in Park Slope Brooklyn. Scheduled to be completed this month, it will be the first mass timber condominium building in NYC.
