Maribeth RENTSCHLER

MARIBETH S. RENTSCHLER TRANSILIENT

ARCHITECTURE + RESILIENCE + INFRASTRUCTURE

KELLY VRESILOVIC AIA, LEED AP

New York Substation Locations 1904

ORIGINAL 8 SUBSTATIONS

SUBSTATION 14 CIRCA 2000

1904 No. 17

Bronx No. 16

No.15 143rd St.

No. 18

132nd St.

No. 14 W. 96th St.

Manhatten 59th St. Powerhouse

No. 12

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SUBSTATION 14 TODAY: 1. CLOSEUP 2. ADJACENT BUILDINGS 3. REAR ELEVATION

Located between Riverside Park and Central Park, the site boarders the largest historic district in NYC. It is surrounded by ample amenities and is very walkable. The traffic surrounding the corner location is both loud and bustling with pedestrians and transportation. Since the income of the residents is vast in range, the population is diverse.

No. 11

SITE

No. 21

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SITE ANALYSIS

No. 13

SITE: BROADWAY + W. 96TH ST. NEW YORK, NEW YORK SIGNIFICANCE: 96TH STREET SUBWAY STATION HEADHOUSE (2010) ABANDONED SUBSTATION 14 (1904)

TRANSILIENT THE PROJECT, LOCATED ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE, SEEKS TO SOLVE A MYRIAD OF ISSUES RELATED TO ABANDONED ARCHITECTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THE BUSTLING CORNER SITE HAS BEEN ATIVATED WITH A MIXED USE TOWER THAT MIMICS THE MIGRATORY PATTERNS OF THE NEW YORKER. IT CONNECTS TO THE ABANDONED SUBSTATION 14, ON WEST 96TH STREETM WHICH WAS ONE OF THE PRIGINAL EIGHT SUBSTATIONS THAT POWERED THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY SYSTEM WHEN IT BEGAN OPERATIONS IN 1904. THE PROJECT TAKES THE OLD TECHNOLOGIES OF DESIGN AND RE-PRESENTS THE SWITCH IN TECHNOLOGY AND THE WAY OUR SOCIETY LIVES IN THE 21ST CENTURY

MONTREAL UNDERGROUND CITY

THE WORKPLACE + PROGRAMMING

21ST CENTURY WORKPLACE

PROGRAM

CO-WORKING SPACES GLOBALLY

MICRO-UNIT APARTMENT SIZES PUBLIC

TRANSIT ACCESS

GARDEN TERRACE

OFF BROADWAY THEATER

WINTER GARDEN

HISTORIC EXHIBITION

COFFEE BAR

OBSERVATORY

PRIVATE CO-WORKING SPACE

MICRO-UNIT RESIDENTIAL

BOUTIQUE MICRO-UNIT HOTEL

MICRO-UNIT APARTMENTS

CASE STUDIES

20TH CENTURY WORKPLACE

LAN + SECTION + DIAGRAM

PLAN BELOW: CIRCULATION FROM UNDERPASS IN RELATION TO SITE SECTION DIAGRAM BELOW: ILLUSTRATES LIGHT, CONNECTION, AND VOLUMN OF BUILDING MASS BEFORE IT WAS A TOWER 95TH STREET T

95TH STREET

FIRST TOWER MASSING

1/100TH MODEL

MODELS

BROADWAY

1/32ND MODEL

BROADWAY 96TH STREET

PROCESS

CIRCULATION

EXISTING SUBSTATION 14

LIGHT

DISPLAYS

TRAINS

DIVIDING STRUCTURE

96TH STREET

- THE IRT IS RUNNING

4 N1 ING

BS TAT IO

MI

1920

XE

EW ALK

SID

- MIDRISES ARE THE TYPOLOGY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

A

- THE IRT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

PLA Z

HO

1902

US

1904

DU SE

- AND...IT’S A RICKETY RIDE!

SU

MURDER MILE

EXISTING SITE DENSITY

T I M E

- MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION AT THIS TIME IS STILL IN EXISTANCE TODAY

DEVELOP APPROPRIATE DENSITY

REFERNCE HISTORY AND BRING LIGHT TO BELOW

96TH STREET

96TH STREET STATION SUBSTATION 14

LOW DENSIITY SITE THAT LACKS IDENTITY ON A VERY HAPPENING CORNER OF THE UPPER WEST SIDE PROVIDE MICRO-HOUSING DUE TO SHORTAGE OF HOUSING

DESIGN A MULTI-USE BUILDING FOR A DIVERSE ENVIRONMENT THAT MIMICS THE MIGRATORY PATTERNS OF THE NEW YORKER

MARCH 1 PM

JUNE 9 AM

JUNE 1 PM

4 SU BS

OFF BROADWAY PERFORMANCE SPACE

ING US

SUBSTATION 14

96TH STREET

SEPTEMBER 9 AM

SEPTEMBER 1 PM

FALL PROCESS

5

G

GIVE IDENTITY TO STATION 96TH

SUBWAY

MARCH 9 AM

N1 HO

4

96TH

STATION

4

STREETOF ACCESS TO 96TH STREET STATION IMPROVE SAFETY

N1

3

HO US IN

CONNECT SUBSTATION 14 TO THE 96TH STREET STATION

SID

1836

2

TAT IO

- STREAMS ABOUND

SECTION AT FALL MIDREVIEW

SE

FUNCTION

ADAPT SUBSTATION 14 FOR A NEW USE

DU

3

1

MI XE

TRAINS

6

DECEMBER 1 PM

TAT IO

EXPRESS

PERMANENT HISTORIC EXHIBITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN A MULTI-USE BUILDING FOR A DIVERSE ENVIRONMENT THAT MIMICS THE MIGRATORY PATTERNS OF THE NEW YORKER REDESIGN CORNER PRESENCE AND ADD ENTRANCE TO

DECEMBER 9 AM

XE

BS

LIGHT

SU

2

MI

CONNECTION

EW ALK

- FARMLAND + ESTATES

LOCAL

1

BROADWAY

- ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOOD OF BLOOMINGDALE

2007

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ZA PLA

S PA S ER N D

1898

BROADWAY

PROPOSED 12.12.15

ARCHITECTURE + INFRASTRUCTURE

U

L I N E

- FARMLAND HAS DISAPPEARED

SE

- SITE OF SUBSTATION IS NOT DEVELOPED

INITIAL SKETCH

FLOOR PLATE WITH TERRACE

HOUSING

SUBSTATIO

SIDEWALK

LOWER FLOORS STRUCTURE

MIXED

PLAZA

HOUSING

SUBSTATIO

MIXED

PLAZA

HOUSING

SUBSTATIO

MIXED

SIDEWALK

SUBSTATIONS + IRT LINE

LOWER + FIRST LEVEL CIRCULATION

FACADE SKIN ABSTRACT

TYPICAL FLOOR PLATE

VERTICAL CIRCULATION SEMI-PRIVATE HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION PRIVATE HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION

TECHNICAL PROCESS

CO-WORKING SPACE RESIDENTIAL - MICRO-APARTMENTS BOUTIQUE HOTEL

FALL PROCESS

LOWER FLOORS VERTICAL CIRCULATION

UPPER FLOORS CIRCULATION

UPPER FLOORS VERTICAL CIRCULATION

MIXED USE BUILDING MIXED MASSING USE BUILDING

+ + BASE CIRCULATION

BELOW: THE STRUCTURE IS EXPRESSED IN RED TO SHOW IT'S FUNCTION IN THE TOWER DESIGN

MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

THE CORE, LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE BUILDING HOUSES SIX ELEVATORS, TWO STAIR TOWERS FOR EGRESS, AND MECHANICAL ROOMS FOR EACH FLOOR.

IN AREAS OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE FLOOR-TO-FLOOR HEIGHT NEED NOT TO BE SO HIGH, MEZZANINE LEVELS WERE ADDED TO ACCOMMODATE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

STAIRS ELEVATORS TYPES OF CIRCULATION: STAIRS + ELEVATORS + RAMPS

RAMP

TECHNICAL PROCESS

LEFT: A 3D VIEW HIGHLIGHTS THE UNDERPASS LEVEL AND THE GROUND LEVEL TO ILLUSTRATE THE ABOVE TO BELOW GRADE CONNECTION IN PLAN

THE PULSE OF THE CITY IS EXPRESSED IN THE TOWER THROUGH THE ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION IN THE USE OF LIGHT, FUNCTION, AND CONNECTIVITY STARTING UNDERGROUND AND ASCENDING UPWARD.

CIRCULATION

SITE PLAN

EXISTING SUBSTATION 14 LIGHT TRAINS DIVIDING STRUCTURE

BROADWAY

95TH STREET

96TH STREET

THE DIAGRAM ABOVE ILLUSTRATES THE MAIN CIRCULATION PATHS FROM UNDERGROUND TO ABOVE GROUND. THE YELLOW SHAPES HIGHLIGHT THE AREAS WHERE NATURAL LIGHT IS BROUGHT TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BASE OF THE TOWER. A LIGHT GLASS LIGHT WELL BRINGS LIGHT TO THE THE END OF THE UNDERPASS TUNNEL, WHILE THE SIDEWALK ON THE MAIN LEVEL PLAZA HAS GLASS SIDEWALKS THAT ALLOW LIGHT TO PASS THROUGH THE CONCRETE.

LOWER LEVELS

THE BASE OF THE TOWER FUNCTIONS WITH MANY USES. THE FIRST BEING THAT IT SERVES AS A SECONDARY ENTRANCE/EXIT FOR THE SUBWAY STATION AT W. 96TH AND BROADWAY. IT CONNECTS TO THE TOWER THROUGH THE UNDERPASS LOCATED UNDER THE SUBWAY TRAINS ON BROADWAY. THE MAIN LEVEL ACTS AS A PUBLIC PLAZA AND ENTRANCE TO THE SUBSTATION 14 SPACE, THE LOWER LEVEL AND SUBWAY, AND THE TOWER ABOVE. THE FIRST 3 LEVELS ABOVE THE PLAZA LEVEL ARE THE CO-WORKING LEVELS THAT ARE 24//7 ACCESS. ABOVE THE BASE AT THE FIFTH LEVEL IS THE OUDOOR GARDEN PLAZA LEVEL, WHICH SERVES AS A SEMI-PUBLIC PARK AND A BREAK IN THE MASSING BEFORE THE RESIDENTIAL FLOORS BEGIN.

CO-WORKING FLOOR PLANS

COWORKING LEVELS

HOTEL HOT HHO OTEL OT O T TEL E L AMMENIT AAME MMEEENNITTTIES MEN MICRO-UN MICRO MI M MIC IIC ICRO-UNIT CR RO OU UN NITT A APA APARTMENT A T TS MICRO-UNIT M UN T APARTMENT PA T TS MICRO-UN MICRO MI MIC M IICRO-UNIT IC CR RO OU UN NITT A APA APARTMENT A T TS MICRO-UNIT M UN T APARTMENT PA T TS MICRO-UN MICRO MI MIC M ICR IC RO OU UN NITT A APARTMENT APA A T TS MICRO-UNIT M UN T APARTMENT PA T TS MICRO-UNIT MICRO MI MIC M ICR IC RO OU UNIT UN N T APA A A ARTTTMENT TMENTS TS MICRO-UNIT M UN T APARTMENT PA T TS MICRO-UNIT MICRO MIC M IIC CR RO OU UN N T APARTMENT A APA A T TS MICRO-UNIT M UN T APARTMENT PA T TS MICRO-UNIT MICRO MI MIC M IIC CR RO OU UN N T APA A A ARTMENT T TS MICRO-UNIT M C UN T APARTMENT PA T TS MICRO-UNIT MICRO MI MIC M ICR IC RO OU UN N T APARTMENT APA A A TS MICRO-UNIT M C UN T APARTMENT PA TS MICRO-UNIT MICRO MI M ICR IC RO OU UN N T APARTMENT APA A A TS MICRO-UNIT M C UN T APARTMENT PA TS MICRO-UNIT MIC M UN T APARTMENT PA T TS S

OBSERVATION LEVEL

SIXTH LEVEL TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL FLOOR PLAN

WINTER GARDEN

GARDEN PLAZA LEVEL

PROGRAM + PLANS

ASSEMBLY ASSEM AAS SSSSSE SSEM SEM EEMMB

PRIVATE + PUBLIC-

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NEW + OLD

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