New York City Transit launched the plan of systematically upgrade the subway station hardware and make the subway system completely accessible. di Domenico + Partners is teamig up with Stantec on the feasibility study of over 150 stations across the five boroughs. Scope of work includes on site investigation, documentation of existing conditions, provide accessibility solution in drawing format and presentation to the authority.
ELEVATED-SIDES
ELEVATED-ISLAND EMBANKMENT-ISLAND
UNDERGROUND-ISLAND OPENCUT-SIDES OPENCUT-ISLAND
While some stations share the same typology, each station is in an unique condition and faces different surrounding contexts and therefore makes every station a distinctive challenge. Solutions often involve installing new elevators and providing supportive stair or ramp. The attention the spatial organization in each station, ADA standard, and how is the addition structure interacting with the environment within is critical.
Station Typology Analysis
14th Street / 6th Avenue Station, Manhattan
Side Platforms / Vernon Blvd - Jackson Ave Station, Queens
Side Platforms / Avenue J Station, Brooklyn
Open Cut Side Platforms / Tompkinsville Station, Staten Island
CANAL STREET STATION
(MR 18, MR19, MR 104, MR410)
EXISTING UNPAID AREA
EXISTING PAID AREA
NEW UNPAID AREA
NEW PAID AREA
NEW UNPAID ELEVATOR/STAIR
NEW PAID ELEVATOR/STAIR
NEW SERVICE SPACES
HOWARDST
-6 DOWNTOWN
-N,Q UPTOWN PLATFORM
BROADWAY
NEW UNPAID ELEVATOR EL 9 -STREET LEVEL -R,W UPTOWN MEZZANINE
NEW PAID ELEVATOR EL 6 -R,W UPTOWN MEZZANINE -N,Q UPTOWN PLATFORM
EXTEND RAMP TO MEET ADA REQUIREMENT
UPTOWN
ADABOARDINGAREA
NEW STREET STAIR S9, M9
NEW UNPAID ELEVATOR EL 10 -STREET LEVEL -R,W DOWNTOWN MEZZANINE
NEW RAMP -MEZZANINE -PLATFORM
ADABOARDINGAREA
DOWNTOWN
NEW PAID ELEVATOR EL 8 -R,W DOWNTOWN PLATFORM -UNDERGROUND CONNECTOR
NEW PAID ELEVATOR EL 2 -6 UPWNTOWN PLATFORM -N,Q UPTOWN PLATFORM
DOWNTOWN UPTOWNADABOARDINGAREA
ADABOARDINGAREA
ELEVATOR EL 4 PLATFORM PLATFORM
CENTREST CANALST
UPTOWN
ADABOARDINGAREA
ADABOARDINGAREAADABOARDINGAREA
DOWNTOWN UPTOWN
NEW PAID ELEVATOR EL 5 -R,W UPTOWN MEZZANINE -N,Q DOWNTOWN PLATFORM
NEW PAID ELEVATOR EL 7 -R,W UPTOWN MEZZANINE -UNDERGROUND CONNECTOR
NEW PAID ELEVATOR EL 3 -6 DOWNTOWN PLATFORM -N,Q DOWNTOWN PLATFORM
DOWNTOWN
NEW PAID ELEVATOR EL 1
NEW PLATFORM STAIR PL7,PL8, PL40 -J,Z PLATFORM -N,Q DOWNTOWN PLATFORM
BROADWAY
46th St - Bliss St Station Exterior View
46th St - Bliss St Station Entrance View
25-01 Queens Plaza North MTA Exit
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New York, United States
MTA / New York City Transit
di Domenico + Partners
Handel Architects
2019Transportation
Project Architect, PD / SD / DD / CD / CA
di Domenico + Partner is working on the new MTA exit at Queens Plaza. The project provides stair and elevator within the MTA easement in a new mixed-use building, and a temporary stairs to maintain access to the station while the existing building was demolished – connecting the sidewalk level to the pedestrian walkway over Queens Plaza North. Structural concrete has now been completed and interior finish work of the space is in progress.
BASE BUILDING BY HANDEL ARCHITECTS
QUEENSPLAZANORTH
INTERIOR BRICK
VENEER FINISH
ADA COMPLIANT STAIRS
BACK OF HOUSE SPACE
UNDERNEATH
EXISTING MTA PEDASTRIAN BRIDGE CONNECTING TO QUEENSBOROU PLAZA STATION
VOLUME OF MTA EASEMENT
CMU BACKUP
ELEVATOR SHAFT
CEILING AND LIGHT FIXTURES GLASS AND STAINLESS STEEL ELEVATOR ENCLOSURE
ELEVATOR PIT
1’ x 3’ FLOOR TILE AT 1:12 DRAIN SLOPE
SIDEWALK
BASE BUILDING FACADE CURTAIN WALL, BRICK VENEER AND METAL CLADDING
Queensboro Plaza Station is a major transit hub which serves the N, W, and 7 trains in Long Island City. The existing MTA easement were kept and modified by negotiating with the developer, in order to provide the necessary service. The project involves close coordination with the base building architect, consultants from various disciplines, the elevator manufacturer, and the wayfinding department of MTA.
Particular attention to detail was paid to the coordination at the interface between the base building elevation and the MTA-owned stair. The effort results in a generous, well-lit space that provides clear circulation direction and a sense of belonging to the high volume of daily ridership. Completion of the building with the new MTA entrance, including stairs and an elevator, is anticipated for the 4th Quarter of 2024.
Landing Level View Looking South East
Street Level View Looking North West
Times Square Passageway - 42nd Street Connector
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New York, United States
MTA / New York City Transit di Domenico + Partners
MLJ Contracting Corp. 2019-2022
Transportation Project Designer, PD / SD / DD / CD / CA
The new 42nd Street Connector was envisioned to ease circulation between two high-trafficked stations, 42nd StTimes Square and Bryant Park, via a new underground corridor configured from “found space,” granting access to four additional trains. The new corridor was developed by repurposing abandoned track, underutilized infrastructure spaces, and navigating the labyrinth of existing underground areas.
Through the integration of updated technology and new stairways to the 6th Avenue line platforms, the passageway serves as a transformative infrastructural addition, completing the unification of three 42nd Street stations and increasing total access to an unprecedented 16 subway lines.
An expansive permanent artwork by Nick Cave, commissioned by MTA Arts & Design, runs 360 linear feet of the passageway, spanning the Connector’s North and East walls. Along with the architecture, the 42nd Street Connector engage the customer in a colorful visual journey and demonstrate the potential for infrastructure to inspire, inform, and invigorate the passenger experience.
The Siza House (Reception House) at Taifong Golf Course is the first major project of Alvaro Siza in Taiwan. The original course has been established for over 30 years and the club house is in dire need of a thorough renovation to serve the customers. While the renovation of the club house proceeds, the golf course wished to maintain its daily function. Therefore, a new club house and a temporary reception house are planned out in phases of construction in order to keep the services running and provide necessary support to the players.
The first phase of the construction is to build the temporary reception house next to the original club house. After the reception house is completed, the old club house will be demolished and replaced with a 4-times big, well-rounded functioning new club house in place . As soon as the new club house finishes, it will become the main serving building for customers, and the reception house will be kept as a supporting facility.
Nestled into the slope, The Siza House has four stories along the Golf Course approach avenue and embraces the visitors, but only one story where it is level with the Green. It features exposed concrete, angular cuts, open spaces, and solid surfaces, with shadows and reflections formed by light falling on the building from above. The Siza House has all the necessary facilities that allow it to run as a fullfunctioning club house with changing rooms, shower rooms, dining rooms, and cart parking among other social event venues and administrative offices.
SEPTEMBER 2012 / 1ST FLOOR
Concrete column rebar and exterior wall formwork installation
OCTOBER 2012 / BASEMENT 3RD FLOOR
CMU partition wall installation
OCTOBER 2012 / BASEMENT 2ND FLOOR
Cart parking entrance slope inspection
JANUARY 2013 / 1ST FLOOR
Concrete formwork removal and inspection
1ST FLOOR / FL +117.65M 0.1 RECEPTION 0.2 STARTING AREA
In the context of a very dramatic landscape, the building perfectly blends into its background and set in a sequence that facilitates the movements that are specific to the game: the waiting, the warm up, the beginning and ending. The hierarchy and overall planning of space relationships were established through careful coordination among the client, the architect, and the golf course management team. Varies spaces are fragmented into individual geometries, complementing one another while reducing the massing of the building at the same time. “Nothing is haphazard, nothing is unjustified. The relationship between space and function is everything.“ as stated by the architect, The Siza House is undoubtfully an excellent incarnation of Form follows Function.
Taitung Art Complex is a project launched by Taitung City Government, aiming to establish a culture park that welcomes visitors to enjoy the intimate relationship with artists and participate in culture events. The government wish to offer facilities to support and preserve the various form of art from the aboriginal people in the county. Along with the existing performing space, this project offers more opportunities of culture and social events happening in the city.
Taitung is the least developed county in the country, therefore this project strive not to create huge building volume to contain the required program. Instead, the team break down the required program into individual building blocks and scatter them on the site, in order to create an atmosphere of an art village where visitors and the artists are able to have a closer interaction and deeper understanding of each form of art.
B-B’
Handicraft Store Parking
SST thk=9mm
Board thk=1cm
Granite
thk=5cm slope=2%
SST thk=2mm
Terrazzo thk=5cm
Paint with Waterproof Coating
Grating Plate
RC Trench 25x60cm
Concrete Base thk=5cm
Pebble Base thk=10cm
Gypsum
SST thk=9mm
Paint with Waterproof Coating
Pebble Base thk=10cm
Air Supply Outlet
Wood Grating thk=1.5cm
Gypsum Board thk=1cm
Granite thk=5cm slope=2%
SST thk=2mm
Terrazzo thk=5cm
Zinc Plate
Grating Plate
RC Trench 25x60cm
Concrete Base thk=5cm
ACADEMIA PROJECTS
Hyperlink The Pixelated Urban Spaces
Thesis Design, 2009Fall - 2010Spring
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Public, Commercial Hao-Hsiu Chiu
Distinction in Tunghai University Thesis Design Award of Year 2009-2010
First Place in Graduation Design Award for Taiwan Strait
Digital images has become the primary and essential medium for human to recognize the world. In a digital image, each pixel contains its own RGB color information and accumulatively construct a recognizable image. This project interpret this mechanism to an unconventional approach of analyzing the urban context by its spatial properties, and further construct habitable spaces that seamlessly blend into the existing environment.
The methodology pixelate the city into fragments and analyze the properties contained within. Each fragment is consist of its own spatial properties, which can be recognized as the RGB information in a pixel. The intensity of “Outdoor Activity”, “Green Coverage” and “Recreation Activities” are chosen to be the three prime parameter and being mapped in gray scale and indicates the intensity of the attribute.
Green Cover
Recreation
Outdoor Activity
Green Cover + Recreation
Outdoor + Recreation
Outdoor + Green Cover
Taipei, Taiwan
Staytime + Recreation
Staytime + Greencover
Outdoor + Staytime
Outdoor + Greencover
Greencover + Recreation
Outdoor + Recreation
Staytime+Recreation
Staytime+Greencover
Outdoor+Staytime
Outdoor+Greencover
Greencover+Recreation
Outdoor+Recreation
Through previous analysis, several fragments are determined where the property has its highest intensity. The goal is to fill these fragments into the site and eliminate the heterogeneous vacant area according to the surrounding conditions. By inserting these space fragments, the construction removes the blank area and make the spacial properties distributed in harmony and blend into the adjacent environment.
The multi-function space is the outcome of an algorithm. This process considers the spatial properties of the urban fragments and juxtapose them according to their similarities. Instead of visually coherence, the generated space blend into the environment according to the continuous spacial experience.
Entrance
Information
Cafe’
Interior patio
Toilet
Bookstore
Skybridge
Cafeteria
Lounge Bar
Bookstore
Kitchen
Restaurant
Elemental Procedures
Thesis Studio, 2017 Spring
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Ellie Abrons, Adam Fure
Jonathan Yates, Onur Kamburoğlu
First Place of 2017 Burton L. Kampner Memorial Award For Thesis Design
Architecture has always been digital in terms of quantifing and indexing human interaction with space and program by categories and dichotomies. Elenemtal Procedures argues that architecture can be conceptualized as a digital composition, where individually significant objects aggregate and compose larger constructs of space and form. By specifying a curation of architectural elements adn manipulations, Elemental Procedures acknowledges and subverts the significance of thee elements, and speculating on new potentials of architecture.
indexed space cultural coding
resultant space digital coding familiar and foreign convention and expectation
ELEMENTS
Elenemtal Procedures intersects the cultural coding of these elements’ functions and organizations with a digital coding, manipulating the geometry unrestricted by gravity, physical materiality, solidity, or rigidity, as well as being unburdened by the preconceived biases of organization and orientation. Then the designers investigate and interpret the results, capitalizing on a human’s ingenuity, creativity, and physical understanding.
0 + Place + Rotate
+ Stretch + Twist
+ Scale + Shear
+ Taper + Band
[rotated] [escalator] as shelf unit. next to a [scaled] [sheared] entrance.
lounge area generated by a [stretched] [corridor]. [rotated] [roof] as a space partition.
sleeping area created by a [scaled] [stair]. [rotated] [column] as structural beam.
living space formed by a [twisted] [ramp]. [rotated] [arch] as a framed opening on wall.
Elemental Procedures creates a symbiotic relationship between the digital tools and the analog impulses of the designer, expanding on the capacity of each. It creates an architecture that is both physically and conceptually between things, existing somewhere between physical and digital, analog and indexical, familiar and foreign.
