Mixing Uses: Integrating Urbanism - Gateways, Portals, Nodes + Hubs by Gabriel A. Morales V.

Mixing Uses: Integrating Urbanism Gateways, Portals, Nodes + Hubs

Union station

Oriente Station

TWA Terminal

Mixing Uses: Integrating Urbanism Gateways, Portals, Nodes + Hubs

Transport Center

MIT Manukau and

for Solana Beach

Transport Interchange

Transit Oriented Masterplan for

Fulton Center

Victoria Transport Interchange

Berlin Hauptbahnhof

Daqing Highway Passenger Transportation Hub

Rotherham Central

Abu Dhabi Intermodal Transit Centre

Willets Yard

Station

The Squaire

Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport

Hamad International Airport

Piazza Garibaldi

Indonesia’s First High Speed Rail Corridor

Rotherham Station

Västerås Transportation Hub

Shanghai Pudong

Interchange Station

International Airport

Padre Anchieta

Guangzhou

Tom Bradley

Cologne Bonn Airport

South Railway Station

International Airport

Hajj Terminal

Grand Central

Gibraltar Airport

The oculus

Kurumoch

Széll Kálmán Square

Beijing South Station

The Grand Ferry Junction

International Airport

The Rock Airport

Union Station

Willets Yard

The Grand Ferry Junction

Proposed Gateways and Portals

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On the cover: Gateways and Portals around the world.

2017

Published by the 2017 SSA CCNY Advanced Studio (LJB) Not for sale. For information please contact: Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, DPACSA at lbrown147@aol.com This book was set in Trade Gothic LT Std and Helvetica Neue. Special thanks to ReThink Studio, New York City, for assisting in the production of this publication.

Preface This publication has two main purposes: The first is to promote discussion about the opportunity to create three new portals within the New York metropolitan region. The second is to illustrate the value of focused design studios dedicated to identifying issues, formulating policy, and examining serious and timely opportunities related to the physical design of our ever more dynamic built environment. The publication is the most recent result of the work of fourteen students in a fall 2016 Advance Studio at the Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York. We are indebted to the hard work of studio member Gabriel Morales for his dedication to the design and completion of this booklet. We will distribute it to select elected or appointed officials, individuals in city government, and civic leaders, among others with the hope that they will see new opportunities and incorporate these ideas and proposals as we plan and design the future of the city. We are indebted to those who helped us and supported us in our work including The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture and the many guest advisors who shared their time an expertise. The primary credit for the work goes to the student teams that elected to research the potential and design the projects. They are all pictured with their projects on the following pages. We dedicate this publication to the future generations of the city with the hope that they will benefit from the richness of the public realm this work celebrates. Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, DPACSA, Advanced Studio Professor April 3, 2017

Guest Advisors

Ahu A. Akseli

Kenneth Drucker

Carmi-Bee

Studio’s Professor Lance Jay Brown

Gina D’Agrosa

Luis Aragon

Hillary Brown

Robert E. Passwell

Ivan Rosa

Jim Venturi

Thaddeus Pawlowski

Vasso Kampiti

Acknowledgments We want to thank the following individuals for their support both before and throughout the length of the fall 2016 semester. We thank some for their critical provision of data and documents, and all for their constant encouragement and positive feedback that greatly enhanced our ability to undertake the study. Ahu A. Akseli, PhD Assistant Professor, Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, CCNY Carmi Bee, FAIA President, RKTB Architects, P.C New York Gina Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Agrosa Senior Real Estate Development Manage New Rochelle, NY Hillary Brown, FAIA Professor of Architecture, Spitzer School of Architecture and Director, M.S. Program in Sustainability in the Urban Environment, CCNY . President, New Civic Works, Ivan Rosa, RA, NCARB Associate Director at Gardiner & Theobald, LLP New York Jim Venturi Principal, ReThink Studio New York Kenneth Drucker FAIA, ULI, LEED AP BD+C Design Principal HOK Board + Design Board Member New York + Philadelphia Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, DPACSA Architecture + Urban Design Past President , AIA , New York Chapter Topaz Medallion Laureate, and ACSA Distinguished Professor Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, CCNY Luis Aragon Commissioner of Development New Rochelle, NY Dr. Robert Paaswell , Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering City College of New York and Director, University Transportation Research Center Thaddeus Pawlowski Senior Urban Designer, NYC City Planning NYC Department of City Planning Vasso Kampiti, Assoc. AIA Architecture and Urban Design New York

Premise We are committed to creating quality public spaces and places that support urban resiliency in our ever-evolving urban environment. The goal of this studio is to test the idea of better integrating infrastructure (in this case local and regional urban mass transit) with high-density mixed-use nodes (think TOD) in pursuit of achieving a more integrated, more animated, more efficient, and more sustainable urban public place with common ground . This premise will be tested in three areas in our region: 1. Downtown New Rochelle, at the Metro North station. New Rochelle has plans for Multi-modal Transit Center and Downtown Improvements allowing for a project bridging and connecting various downtown initiatives above/across the existing rails. 2. Willets Point, Queens, A mixed- use node at the junction of the LIRR, the MTA Flushing line (#7) and where an air train to LaGuardia will intersect. Programming and designing a “place” above the MTA railyards and between LaGuardia and the complex of tennis stadiums can add function and quality to a current non place point on the map. 3. Grand Ferry Junction in Brooklyn, a new mixed-use assemblage above the “L” train at a new waterfront stop and intersecting the proposed north-south light rail will serve the burgeoning communities along the shoreline of Greenpoint-Williamsburg from Long Island City to Red Hook.

Process The studio had three 4-6 person teams each looking at one of the proposed areas. As teamwork was an integral part of the semester’s process the teams discussed the division of labor for the first phases of the work and throughout the process. The studio began with the teams informing themselves of the several determining parameters of the project. Each section of study concluded with analytical graphic documentation and presentation to the entire studio, drawing conclusions and speculations relevant to the projects objectives and goals. · Phase I: 8.25-9.15 (see Phase I below) Program preparation: meeting with project experts, using existing relevant documents, data, and templates, and interviewing selected residents, teams will create design programs for their specific location. Information sharing is encouraged. Programs will include a description of project actors, activities, and numerical and prose user requirements. Projects’ programs should include a development time frame and measurable markers for evaluation. · Context and Site Analysis: A full scan of relevant characteristics and data necessary, including Code and Zoning information: · Preparation of case studies and precedents relevant to the project in general and to your own team’s context specifically. Relevant historical, classic, contemporary and proposed examples are acceptable. Analysis of the identified projects re scale, typology, complexity, function and aesthetics. Financial model, construction systems, and programmatic agility should be included. · Phase II: 9.15-9.22 Conceptual Design Studies. · Phase III: 9.22-10.27 Pre-Schematic and Schematic Design. · Phase IV: 10.27-11.17 Design Development. · Phase V: 12.09 Design Presentation.

QUEENS: WILLETS YARD .Introduction .Abstract .Site analysis .Concept diagrams .Floor plans .Drawings .Physical Model

.12 .14 .16 .18 .20 .22 .24

NEW ROCHELLE: UNION STATION .Introduction .Abstract .Site analysis .Concept diagrams .Drawings .Additional research

.26 .28 .30 .32 .34 .38

BROOKLYN: THE GRAND FERRY JUNCTION .Introduction .Abstract .Site analysis .The new BQX .Case Studies .Drawings

.42 .44 .46 .48 .50 .52

The Team:

James Agneta

Solomon Oh

Gabriel Morales

Leor Yehuda

Willets Yard

PROJECT LOCATION

Willets Yard, Queens The Gateway of New York

Within the placelessness of Willets Point, we want to create a humanizing wrapper through the synthesis of people coming to events, and infrastructure that is to be Willets Yard.

Key Points: • • • • • • • 12

Design with future developments in mind (WPD, LGA Airtrain) Create a sense of place. Humanize the inhumane rail yards. Design for fluctuation of pedestrian traffic. Welcome diversity of people (Age, culture, income, ADA, gender) Accommodate diversity of infrastructure (7 Train, LIRR, LGA Airtrain) Respect the existing (Passerelle, views, neighborhoods, events)

PROPOSED SITE PLAN

Analisa Gerkin

PROPOSED AERIAL VIEW 13

Abstract Willets Yards is the place to become the next great Gateway to New York City. Here in Queens, nestled between two different neighborhoods, a massive park, and a major bay of water, this is an zone where transit is what defines place. This is an area that will see the coming and going of thousands to and from New York City daily. In 2015 New York’s Governor announced plans for an AirTrain to connect LaGuardia Airport with the New York City Subway and the Long Island Railroad. This new AirTrain would terminate at Willets Yards. This is home to the New York Mets’ Citi Field, the National Tennis Center, and Flushing Meadows Park- the former site of two World’s Fairs. The Passerelle, a wooden walkway, connects Citi Field to Flushing Meadows Park and travels over an open-air railyard. There is a neighborhood of junkyards and car garages, home to an urban renewal scheme for more housing, creating a new neighborhood. All the while, it sits next to the flight path of LaGuardia Airport, and planes constantly fly above. To the East is Flushing, Queens and Long Island. To the West is Corona, and beyond that the rest of the City. This puts the site at the crossroads of the city. There now is a need to turn this site into a place to live, not just one where people come just for travel. With the Passerelle as the primary axis and base datum of the project, we pushed the massing to the east and west sides, then upward. A great celebratory circulation path travels the length and height of the building, enclosed in glass on both sides, creating the idea of a human sized ant farm. The building’s massing is enclosed in a humanizing skin that wraps itself around the form. It lies on axis with the railyard, allowing offsets to occur and let light into the building at the north and south. Through a series of moveable panels, this skin also allows for the control of light and shade on the east. The form the skin takes, an arcing motion, harks back to train sheds found in many great railway stations around the world. It creates a Gateway to and from the city, a role New York’s late Pennsylvania Station once served. To activate the program as a place, we incorporated a market hall into the Passerelle. The already successful Queens Night Market could be moved here from its current location. The building’s program also includes a combined Co-Working and Hotel space. With many travelers coming to the city for business, there is often a need for a place to work and sleep. One can rent a desk from a few hours to a few days, and have a dedicated temporary office to work out of. Should the need be greater for a more private office, one could rent a room that converts between a bedroom and an office, offering greater flexibility. Located on the West side of the top two floors are a more formal restaurant and biergarten, creating a lookout and viewing gallery toward Manhattan and the skyline. It is here that place is created. By making place here, a void in the city is filled, and begins to advocate for a far broader mixed use form. Hotel, Office, Market, and Transport can all exist in one. Making a place here, out of nothing, becoming the next great Gateway to New York City.

INTERIOR VIEW

VIEW FROM #7 TRAIN 15

WORLD’S FAIR UNISPHERE ARTHUR ASHE TENNIS CENTER OLMSTEAD CENTER

CASEY STENGEL BUS DEPOT MTA CORONA MAINTENANCE FACILITY 7 TRAIN STATION

CORONA, QUEENS CITI FIELD LGA AIRPORT

PROPOSED AIR-TRAIN

FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK LIRR STATION PEDESTRIAN PASSERELLE

WILLETS POINT FLUSHING, QUEENS

EXISTING CONDITIONS

Willets Yard, Queens Precedents + Site Analysis

Through analysis of the immediate physical site, accessible transportation, ridership statistics, area events, environmental factors, and existing program, we extracted the most significant factors that currently exist at Willets point in need of addressing in order to properly accomodate the coming people, infrastructure, and events. After analysis of the site, we drew inspiration from precedents, including the constantly changing market at Jema El’Fnaa, the more permanent market space at Mercat Dels Encants, the treatment of existing rail yards and new program at Hudson yards, and the massive programmatic and transportational scale of the Berlin Central Station.

LGA AIRTRAIN Proposed: ~20,000

TRANSPORTATION & EVENTS 16

S U M M A RY O F S ITE AN ALYSI S RIDERSHIP STATISTICS

TRANSIT

Geotechnical Consideration

STAD I U M S TAT S

FL O O D I N G

AREA EV E N T S

NYCBC: New York City Building Code | Fill Materials Beneath Surface Class 7: sand, silt, gravel, brick, boulders, concrete, and wood

E N V I R O N M E N TA L NOISE

Class 6: soft organic silt, clat stratum with peat pockets of varying thickness Class 5: soft to hard silt

Class 4: soft to hard clay

LEGEND LEGEND LEGEND

DAILY RIDERSHIP DAILY RIDERSHIP 21,500 PERSONS DAILY

21,500 PERSONS DAILY

EVENT RIDERSHIP EVENT RIDERSHIP 49,000 PERSONS AT PEAK

1,000

49,000 PERSONS AT PEAK

1,000

7 Train

5,000 5,000

Capacity: 45,000 Attendence: 34,000

Daily: ~1,000 Events: ~10,000

Arthur A. Stadium

LIRR

Daily: 0 Events: ~18,000

Louis Armstrong Stadium

AIRTRAIN

5,000

January

STADIUM CAPACITIES Date

March– 83,771 3/25– November 11/6 July Various

Location/Venue Description World Ice Arena, Ice Skating Rink Flushing Meadows Corona Park Open year-round Science Museum NY Hall of Science Open year-round

Capacity: 45,000 Attendence: 34,000

April– October September October

Arthur A. Stadium Capacity: 23,771

4/3– 10/2 8/29– 9/11 10/1– 10/2

May

September

7 Train & LIRR

Event/Activity Ice Skating

CitiField

Surface: Concrete/Paved February June

PERSONS AT PEAKQueens Zoo, Public Zoo Music Concerts

Citi Field

New Capacity: 15,000

Proposed: ~20,000

44, 27, 66, 19, 34, 50, 17, 65, 20, 48, QM2, QM3, QM20

Area Events

83,771 PERSONS AT PEAK

Capacity: 23,771

LIRR Daily: 0 LGA Events: ~18,000

Long Island Rail Road

= =

LEGEND = 5,000 STADIUM CAPACITIES = 5,000

Citi Field

Daily: ~1,000 Events: ~10,000

7 Train

LaGuardia Air Train

5,000

Baseball Games U.S. Open The Meadows

Flushing Meadows Corona Park CitiField July 17, 18, 19, 21 2009: Paul McCartney July 16, 17 2010: Dave Matthews Band & Zac Brown Band June 7 2011: Int’l Soccer - Ecuador vs Greece July 15, 16 2015: Foo Fighters June 7, 8 2016: Beyonce CitiField National Major League Baseball Television broadcast USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Tournament National Tennis Center Television broadcast CitiField, Music Festival Flushing Meadows Corona Park Top performers live

October

July

November

Class 7 Fill Material 10 - 22 ft. Below Surface

USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

Class 6 Material

Queens Zoo

April

August

Daily: ~500 Events: ~1,000

Class 3, 4, and 5 Material

Scale: 1'=1,000'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citi_Field#Notable_events

Geotechnical Consideration NYCBC: New York City Building Code | Fill Materials Beneath Surface Class 7: sand, silt, gravel, brick, boulders, concrete, and wood

Laguardia Airport Departing Flights Arriving Flights

Class 6: soft organic silt, clat stratum with peat pockets of varying thickness Class 5: soft to hard silt

New Capacity: 15,000

Class 4: soft to hard clay

Proposed: ~20,000

Q48 Bus

Events with large crowds

Surface: Concrete/Paved

Daily: ~500 Events: ~1,000

PA RK I NG

Grand Central Parkway Van Wyck Expressway Whitestone Expressway Northern Blvd Main Street

December

Louis Armstrong Stadium

Q48 Bus LGA AIRTRAIN

Water table 3 - 5 ft. Below Surface

World Ice Arena

March

Water table 3 - 5 ft. Below Surface

C AR C O N G EST IO N

LAC K O F P ED ESTR I AN AN D B I KE C I R C U LATI O N

N EW N EI G H B O R H O O D MO VI N G I N

SH AD E, OR A LACK THEREOF Class 7 Fill Material 10 - 22 ft. Below Surface

Class 6 Material

Class 3, 4, and 5 Material

= 1000 PARKING SPOTS = 1000 PARKING SPOTS = 1000 PARKING = 1000 SPOTS PARKING SPOTS Too much congestion! = 1000 PARKING = 1000 SPOTS PARKING SPOTS

= 1000 PARKING SPOTS

GARAGES

4000 SPOTS

GARAGES GARAGES GARAGES GARAGES 4000 SPOTS GARAGES GARAGES

OPEN LOTS

1500 SPOTS

GAME DAY

4000 SPOTS

8500 SPOTS

1500 SPOTS

Fitness Center

LGA AirTrain Platform & Fare Control

14,800 GSF

Biergarten & Resturants

32,000 GSF

8500 SPOTS

Approximately 14,000 People

Equinox

1500 SPOTS

Sunrise 6:29 Am Solar Noon 1:03 PM Sunset 7:08 PM Altitude: 49.22 deg.

OPEN LOTS

VI EW S FR O M SI TE

GAME DAY

LaGuardia Airport Flushing Bay

Billy Jean King National Tennis Center Unisphere and NY State Pavilion

8500 SPOTS

Citi Field

1500 SPOTS

EMPLOYEE

1500 SPOTS

Winter Solstice SOUTH

93,000 GSF

Long Island Flushing

183,000 GSF

Manhattan & Long Island City

Flushing Creek

To be determined

“French market” (Flea market) (farmers, crafts)

Sunrise 7:18 Am Solar Noon 11:55 AM Sunset 4:32 PM Altitude: 25.85 deg.

1500 SPOTS

NORTH

50,000 GSF Hotel 84 Rooms

Sunrise 5:25 Am Solar Noon 12:58 PM Sunset 8:31 PM Altitude: 72.68 deg.

4000 SPOTS

8500 SPOTS

EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE 1500 SPOTS EMPLOYEE 60,000 GSF 1500 SPOTSEMPLOYEE 1500 SPOTS

Co-Working Office

Summer Solstice

GARAGES

1500 SPOTS

= 1000 PARKING SPOTS

4000 SPOTS

1500 SPOTS

Parking Car rental User/employee parking*

4000 SPOTS

GAME DAY GAME DAY DAY GAME DAY PROGRAM GAME8500 SPOTS GAME DAY GAME DAY 8500 SPOTS 8500 SPOTS

20,000 GSF

LGA AirTrain Maintinace Shop

Open Public space

OPEN LOTS OPEN LOTS OPEN1500 LOTS OPEN LOTS SPOTS OPEN LOTS 1500 SPOTSOPEN LOTS 1500 SPOTS

EMPLOYEE

Corona MTA Maintenance

80,000 GSF MTA Bus Depot

EAST

WEST

SUMMARY OF SITE ANALYSIS

P R EC EDEN TS JEMA EL’FNAA

MERCAT DELS ENCANTS

HUDSON YARDS

THE FULTON CENTER THE FULTON CENTER - MTA

THE FULTON CENTER - MTA

Airport Javits-Center Port-Authority 7 Train

Connection between developments 35 Min. +/ - Travel

Development

Stadium Development

7 Train Airtrain

Lirr

Lirr Post-Office Path

Stadium

Arena

Park

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BERLIN CENTRAL STATION

WTC STATION - PATH,HUB &- PATH OCULUS WORLD TRADE CENTER TRANSPORTATION WORLD TRADE CENTER TRANSPORTATION HUB - PATH- “OCULUS” - “OCULUS” Historical Significance Lehrter Stadtbahnhof 1882–2002 This station served as secondary to the Lehrter Bahnhof, massiveaneo-renais sance terminal station which was severly damaged during World War II.

Lehrter Stadtbahnhof, 1882–2002

Berliner Hauptbahnhof 2006–Present Lehrter Bahnhof, 1871–1958

This station is the product of German reunification, seeking establish to a new North-South railway. Planning was begun in 1992 and new tunnels began construction in 1995.

Wedding

Berliner Hauptbahnhof

Moabit

Berlin Mitte Tiergarten Kreuzberg

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INTERSECTION LANDSCAPE

MASSING PUSHED TO SIDES

CIRCULATION

Willets Yard, Queens Concept Diagrams

Three primary forces (regional rail, local rail, and airtrain) converge onto a central location along the Flushing Meadows Park Passerelle. A pedestrian pathway is maintained by pushing program massing to the sides. A central market loosely occupies the pathway. An organically curving skin unifies the program by forming a single envelope for the massing and market. Program is distributed as a vertical gradient from public at ground to private atop. Sky lobbies serve as an intermediary between the public and private realms within the building. The slivers of program may be reproduced to continue the first proposed stage of building, or established further adjacent within the identified bounds of the site.

MAINTAINING THE PASSERELLE

MARKET CONNECTION

HUMANIZED WRAPPER

PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION

PHASE II

SKYLIGHT DESIGN

LEGEND

AIRTRAIN FARE CONTROL

HOTEL / OFFICE

HOTEL / OFFICE PUBLIC CIRCULATION PUBLIC CIRCULATION

BIERGARTEN / LOUNGE MARKET ZONES

A UP

AIRTRAIN

34 x

6 3/4"

= 19'

34 56 78 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

7 8

27 28

34 x 6 3/4" = 19'

LOUNGE

24" 32"

28" 24" 32"

32" 22" 32"

28"

28" 24" 32" 24"

28" 24" 32"

32"

FLEXIBLE HOTEL/ CONFERENCE ROOMS

32"

32" 22" 32"

RECEPTION

28" 24"

28" 24" 32" 24"

28" 24"

32"

24" 32"

24"

METROCARD KIOSKS

CONCIERGE

CAR RENTAL

OPEN TO

BELOW 32"

28" 24" 32" 24" 32"

24"

28" 24" 32"

28" 24"

32" 22" 32"

32" 24"

24" 32"

28"

32"

28" 24"

28" 24" 32" 24"

BAGGAGE CHECK

RECEPTION

5 6

25 26

34 x 6 3/4" = 19'

33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25

24 23 22 21 20 19 18

16 15

14 13 12 10 9 8

34 x

7 6 5 4 3

6 3/4" = 19' UP

2 1

S A

+51’-0” - LGA AirTrain Fare Control

+ 51’-0” - LGA AIRTRAIN FARE CONTROL 0'

16' 32'

64'

128'

256'

Willets Yard, Queens Floor Plans

RELOCATE THE NTERNATIONAL QUEENS NIGHT MARKET LEGEND MARKET ZONES

PARK (LANDSCAPE EXTENSION)

PUBLIC CIRCULATION

MARKET STALL

A UP 34 x

6 3/4"

= 19'

2 34

56 7 89

10 11 12

13 14 15 16

REFERENCE TO EXISTING PASSERELLE

PERMANENT MARKET ZONE

18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

PARK (LANDSCAPE EXTENSION)

PARK (LANDSCAPE EXTENSIONS)

ROTATING MARKET ZONE

W TEMPORARY / FLEXIBLE OUTDOOR MARKET

33 32 31 30 29 28

27 26 25

24 23 22 21 20 19 18

16 15 14 13 12

34 x

10 9 8 7

6 3/4"

6 5 4 3 2

= 19' UP

S A

+32’-0” - Passerelle and Market 0'

16' 32'

64'

128'

N 256'

+ 32’-0” - PASSARELLE AND MARKET

FLEXIBLE HOTEL & CONFERENCE UNIT W/ MODULAR PIVOTING WALL SYSTEM seat/storage

balcony

king bed balcony

LEGEND

conference room

bench storage

HOTEL / OFFICE

Scale: 1/16”=1’

PUBLIC CIRCULATION

COMMUNAL CAFETERIA / LOUNGE

seat/storage

dresser

SHARED CAFETERIA / LOUNGE COWORKING SPACE OPEN TO BELOW FLEXIBLE HOTEL/ CONFERENCE ROOMS

W FOOD BARS OPEN TO BELOW

KITCHEN

vending machine

dresser

seat/storage

S A

+116’-9” - Hotel and Coworking Space 0'

16' 32'

64'

128'

N 256'

+ 101’-2” - HOTEL AND CO-WORKING SPACE

WEST VIEWS

EAST VIEWS

LEGEND HOTEL / OFFICE

PUBLIC CIRCULATION

BIERGARTEN FAR VIEWS: BROOKLYN, LOWER MANHATTAN

IMMEDIATE VIEWS: CORONA, RAIL YARD

IMMEDIATE VIEWS: FLUSHING

6 7

27 28

34 x 6 3/4" = 19'

BAR / LOUNGE 39 SEATS ANTFARM LOUNGE

KITCHEN

OPEN TO BELOW

BIERGARTEN

COWORKING SPACE

FLEXIBLE HOTEL/ CONFERENCE ROOMS

304 SEATS .K.O

.K.O

STAGE

OPEN TO BELOW BIERGARTEN

COWORKING SPACE

97 SEATS

OPEN TO BELOW

KITCHEN

B vending machine

66 SEATS RESTAURANT 4

15 16

18 19

34 x 6 3/4" = 19'

S A

+101’-2” - Biergarten 0'

16' 32'

64'

128'

N 256'

+ 101’-2” - BIERGARTEN AND CO-WORKING

Hotel and Coworking Space “Antfarm”

Plenum for Mechanical Equipment and HVAC

Sheer Walls Structural Caissons Structural Support for “Antfarm” Truss System at South Facade ø 5’ Concrete Column for AirTrain

STRUCTURAL AXONOMETRIC STRUCTURE DIAGRAM

Willets Yard, Queens Drawings

The project establishes its base datum on a series of caisons and shear-walls at the height of the passerelle walkway, 37’ above sea-level. Here, the building’s main space is occupied by a market hall, with landscaped fingers extending outward to provide an extension of the project. As the floors move up in height, the east side is occuped by a joint hotel and coworking space, while the west side holds the upcoming LGA AirTrain. At the 101’ level, the AirTrain is replaced with a biergarten and resturants, and the 116’ level is capped with a larger co-working / hotel space. Facades on the East and West are comprised of a series of movable louvered panels, allowing for fine control of the sunlight into the building. The roof is landscaped, like the finger extensions below, further emphasising the wrapper. There are skylights cut into the skin to bring in natural light to the hall below.

LEGEND HOTEL / OFFICE PUBLIC CIRCULATION BIERGARTEN / LOUNGE MARKET ZONES AIRTRAIN

Section B - B 0'

16' 32'

64'

128'

256'

LEGEND HOTEL / OFFICE PUBLIC CIRCULATION LEGEND BIERGARTEN / LOUNGE MARKET ZONES AIRTRAIN HOTEL / OFFICE

PUBLIC CIRCULATION

COMMUNAL CAFETERIA / LOUNGE MARKET ZONES

SCALE Section A - A

0’ 32’ 64’ 0' 16' 32' 64' 22

128’ 128'

256’ 256'

North Elevation North Elevation North 0' 16'Elevation 32' 64'0' 16' 32' 128' 64' North Elevation 0'

0' 16' 32' 16' 32' 64'

64'

0' 16' 32' 16' 32' 64'

64'

EAST ELEVATION 128'

256'

128'

64'

256'

128'

256'

128'

West Elevation West Elevation West Elevation 0' 16' 32' 64'0' 16' 32' 128' 64' West Elevation 0'

256'

0' 16' 32' 16' 32' 64'

64'

WEST ELEVATION 128'

128'

256'

256' 256'

SOUTH ELEVATION

256'

HOTEL / OFFICE

PUBLIC CIRCULATION

BIERGARTEN / LOUNGE

MARKET ZONES

AIRTRAIN

64' 0'

16' 32' 128' 64'

SECTION B-B 128'

256'

LEGEND

LEGEND HOTEL / OFFICE

HOTEL / OFFICE

PUBLIC CIRCULATION

COMMUNAL CAFETERIA / LOUNGE COMMUNAL CAFETERIA / LOUNGE MARKET ZONES

MARKET ZONES

Section A - A Section A - A

NORTH ELEVATION

LEGEND

16' 32'

256'

Section B - B Section B - B

256'

South Elevation South Elevation South 0' 16'Elevation 32' 64'0' 16' 32' 128' 64' South Elevation 0' 16' 32' 16' 32' 64'

256' 256'

128'

East Elevation East Elevation East Elevation 0' 16' 32' 64'0' 16' 32' 128' 64' East Elevation 0'

128'

16' 32'

64' 0'

16' 32' 128' 64'

128'

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SECTIONAL MODEL 1’ = 1/16”

Willets Yard, Queens Physical Model

Photo credit: Solomon Oh

SECTIONAL MODEL 1’ = 1/16” 24

CONTEXT MODEL

1’ = 1/128”

CONTEXT MODEL

1’ = 1/128” 25

Yousef Abdul-Emir Yousef Abdul-Emir Jahanara BegumJahanara Begum Jamie Huang

The Team:

Yousef Abdul-Emir

Jahanara Begum

Jamie Huang

Francesca Messina

Timur Sayfulin

Timur Sayfulin Timur Sayfulin Yousef Abdul-Emir YousefJahanara Abdul-Emir Yousef Abdul-Emir Francesca Messina Francesca Messina Jahanara Begum Jahanara Begum Jamie Huang Jamie Huang Begum Jamie Huang

Union Station

Timur Sayfulin Timur Sayfulin Sayfulin Francesca Messina Francesca Timur Messina Francesca Messina

PROJECT LOCATION

Union Station New Rochelle, New York.

One of the most important aspects of the new development was to create an image a piece of architecture that people would associate with New Rochelle.

Key Points: • Re-use of existing structure on site • Provide pedestrian-friendly circulation • Create a complex with variety of programs to attract visitors and users • Create seamless connection from platform level (trains and buses) to pedestrian level • Connect institutional/residential uptown and commercial downtown 26

PROPOSED SITE PLAN

EXISTING CONDITIONS AERIAL VIEW

PROPOSED PERSPECTIVE

BRIDGE STREET ENTRANCE

Abstract With the increased use of the Metro North station in the center of New Rochelle, a renewal of the station and its surroundings is no surprise. This central location currently acts as a division between the residential and institutional uptown and the emerging commercial downtown. This design for the New Rochelle Union Station and surrounding lots aims at the current and future users. The proposal includes repurposing and reprogramming the site to include commercial, residential, retail, hotel, and recreational spaces along with providing sufficient parking for commuters and visitors. The design began with the inclusion of a high density residential building on the most northern portion. Bringing more people to the center of the city to create a “work-live” environment was a driving factor for the design. This area also includes a multilevel parking lot for the residents and lower level commercial spaces along the street wall to attract pedestrians and increase convenience for residents. Just south of this, is the main commercial complex which includes office and retail spaces to promote the other side of the “work-live” environment. The retail space was designed to be highly adaptable to provide the user with a variety of experiences throughout the complex. With the option to stop for coffee or lunch on the way to the train, or the option to shop during a lunch break, the proposal tries to incorporate a wide range of user routes and experiences for all times of the day in all times of the year. The connection between the upper complex and transportation level below was deemed to be the most important element of the proposal. The aim was to create a seamless connection between the commercial and retail spaces and the train and bus platforms. The use of similar materials on both levels and the incorporation of retail shops on the lower level were attempts to create the transition. Similar signage and ease of access between levels were also included to give a more elegant touch. In terms of sustainability, consideration of the existing parking lot was taken. The garage is composed of modulation double-T concrete pieces which, if taken down in a proper manner, have the potential to be reused and recycled in the new proposal. The use of these pieces, if done correctly, could save the city over $6 million. A proper water retention system and a co-generation power plant were also thought out to create and use our own energy and to collect and reuse rainwater along the surface of our very large site. Together, the initial analysis, the proposed architecture, and sustainability systems create a relevant design that could help the city of New Rochelle adapt and reconnect to its users and visitors.

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Over the years of development, current site conditions created a barrier between the downtown New Rochelle and suburbs to the north. To alleviate this obstacle we attempted to connect the two areas, while at the same time, addressing the needs of the growing city. In addition to program we considered environmental impact, as well as social conditions that arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t present in the city.

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Union Station Floor Plans and Sections The development of New Rochelle included not only the development of the station, but various other programs to activate the space. Civic programs such as restaurant quarters, and retail shopping are on the south and in the central axis. The hotel is immediately north to main space, followed by the office tower. Residential building located across the street, includes parking and commercial spaces on the ground floor.

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Union Station Additonal research

Each site is unique, and the difference rarely lies in the change of coordinates. Site specific research was done to address the issues of storm run-off, power, vegetation and existing structures. For example; the existing parking lot is made of prefabricated, modular parts. Those parts can be re-used to create the platform which will allow for further development. To further understand the requirements of the transit hub, an important component, existing train models were completed in 3D, this allowed us to understand not only spatial requirements, but also, the materiality and passanger requirements.

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The Team:

Julia Lu

Paul Godette

Ajita Tembe

Anthony Jaiprashad

The Grand Ferry Junction

PROJECT LOCATION

The Grand Ferry Junction, Brooklyn Brooklyn Waterfront Connector

Key Points: • • • •

Create a gateway into Brooklyn. Connect Brooklyn to Manhattan and Queens. Raise the standards of public transportation architecture. Design for resilience.

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Abstract The Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn is about to experience a transit crisis. In 2019, the L Subway line that services North Brooklyn will stop running to Manhattan for 18-24 months causing over 200,000 passengers to divert their daily commute. This situation ignited The Grand Ferry Junction for a multi-modal transit hub in Williamsburg. Located on the Brooklyn waterfront, the Grand Ferry Junction connects a new L line station, a new ferry terminal for the East River Ferry, and an entirely new BrooklynQueens Connector monorail line running along the Queens and Brooklyn waterfront. To further serve this growing neighborhood and borough, a mixed-use hospitality and commercial tower tops the transit center. This project dives into the Williamsburg neighborhood and records its evolution since its rezoning in 2005 from a primarily industrial to a residential and mixed use area. As one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the city the existing transportation infrastructure is experiencing additional stress and needs to be supplemented by new cross-borough transit. The growing Williamsburg population also needs more schools, parks, and third places that the Grand Ferry Junction would create. Here, at the intersection of Kent Avenue and North 7th Street, the Grand Ferry Junction connects three modes of public transportation at three elevations. Challenging an existing proposal for an on-grade light rail system, the Grand Ferry Junction is designed for a doubly stacked monorail 20’ and 30’ above the street—a modern solution that can accommodate NYC passenger loads while evading storm surge. On the waterfront, an expanded East River Ferry system will have a new stop relocated from N. 6th Street to accommodate several ferries and more service. Underground, a new subway stop for the L line will become the first stop in Brooklyn and serve the residential neighborhood along Kent Avenue. The Grand Ferry Junction aims to become a defining feature of the Brooklyn waterfront and a gateway into the borough. It serves the daily commuter and the faraway traveler alike, and becomes a center of activity for the neighborhood.

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The Grand Ferry Junction, Brooklyn Site Analysis

The Grand Ferry Junction is located on the corner of Kent Avenue and North 7th Street in Williamsburg. Here is the crux of the new residential and mixed use neighborhood that is being almost entirely rebuilt. The site is on the East River waterfront and faces the Manhattan skyline with views of the Williamsburg Bridge. Here, a focus on environmental resiliency is key because the river is experiencing an ecological revival and coastline properties lie within the storm surge region.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

ANALYSIS SUMMARY

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

CROSSING BETWEEN THE BOROUGHS

NYC’s SKYSCRAPERS

EAST RIVER WATERFRONT

Williamsburg is a critical intersection point between Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. With accelerating population growth in the outer boroughs, additional means of public transit will become exceedingly more crucial.

The Brooklyn waterfront is privilege to something Manhattanites will never have--stunning views of the city and its staggering skyline. With vantage points downtown to the Freedom Tower and uptown to the Empire State Building, this panoramic view has a rich architectural history.

The East River shoreline is actively being preserved to create a more resilient coastline. It is critical to realize that our site location is at risk of �ooding and water level rise.

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BEDFORD AVE.

STATUE OF LIBERTY & WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE

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SITE ANALYSIS SUMMARY

THE GRAND FERRY JUNCTION Williamsburg, Brooklyn

ANALYSIS SUMMARY

REZONED NEIGHBORHOOD In 1980 a local shipyard in Greenpoint closed, causing many to relocate and leaving behind empty warehouses and small factories. In 2006, the city approved rezoning measures that converted this historically industrial area to a mixed-use neighborhood.

HAVE FOOD, WILL TRAVEL

COMMUTER CITY

The L Train Bedford Avenue stop actually has more users over the weekend than during the week. Our site is where Smorgasburg currently lives, which attracts people from all over the city every weekend. We want to create a better space for Smorgasburg that can be used year-round.

SOCCER FIELD KEPT AS IS

BUILDING TALL Rezoning now allows for buildings with an FAR of up to 6.2. Many residential towers on the waterfront are taking advantage of this, resulting in outcroppings of tall buildings.

PRESERVED WATERFRONT

The Bedford Avenue L station sees 27,000 daily riders that are mostly commuting from their Williamsburg apartments to their jobs in the city. We want to bring jobs to Williamsburg, an e�ort that is gaining traction with the new WeWork location here.

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BUSHWICK INLET PARK

Our site sits within a block of city-owned real estate that is dog-eared for Bushwick Inlet Park, a waterfront park much like Brooklyn Bridge Park and the Long Island City Gantry State Park. There is one last piece that needs to be claimed before the project can be realized--a CitiStorage building that is holding out.

COMMERCIAL STRIP The main existing commercial strip is along Bedford Avenue where the L train makes its �rst stop in Brooklyn. From there, many new stores are popping up on the streets between Bedford Avenue and the waterfront.

NORTH-BOUND BQX STATION

10 ELEVATION CHANGE

To design a successful transit hub, we must meet the L train, BQX Monorail, and East River Ferry. One of the greatest challenges is that they operate at three di�erent elevations.

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BQX STREET CAR TO MONORAIL

The Brooklyn-Queens Connector (BQX) is a newly proposed light rail line that will serve over 700,000 people from Astoria to Sunset Park. It runs through the waterfront neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens, making critical connections that save up to an hour of a commute. We are in full support of the BQX, but it faces critical questions: How will flooding affect the rails and train operation? How will the BQX integrate with vehicular and pedestrian traffic? From these questions, we came up with a new answer: the BQX Monorail. Monorail lines are raised above ground and addresses flooding and traffic concerns. It can operate at higher speeds, and can shorten commute times even more. Monorails can also have the passenger capacity of a heavy rail system like the MTA subway but operate quietly and autonomously. We intend to use a straddle monorail, one on top of the other to reduce the horizontal volume within the street. This will allow light and air to pass to the street and storefronts unlike an elevated heavy or light rail system. If the City of New York believes that a light rail system is preferable to additional bus lines because it will act as an attractor to these neighborhoods, we believe the same with the monorail to their streetcar.

BQX LIGHT RAIL

BQX STREET CAR TO MONORAIL

The Grand Ferry Junction, Brooklyn Re-considering a new proposal.

The existing Brooklyn-Queens Connector on-grade light rail proposal raises concerns for passenger capacity and operation during and after a heavy storm. As an alternative, the Grand Ferry Junction project proposes an above-ground cross-borough monorail along the same route. A monorail would significantly ease Brooklyn-Queens travel and create new neighborhood growth along the route. It would also evade storm surge and flooded streets and easily operate after a storm.

BQX MONORAIL ROUTE

BROOKLYN QUEENS

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CASE STUDY SUMMARY

Fulton Center

One Vanderbilt Grand Central Station Extension

Wall Street, Manhattan

Midtown, Manhattan

Grimshaw Architects

KPF

90,000 sqft

This project just broke ground at its site several weeks ago and is part of the MTA’s East Side Access initiative. The new building next to Grand Central will create new access to the trains from within the building. This project also includes LIRR access which means new tunnels, new platforms, and new access points. We used this project to analyze how we might make extreme vertical connections betwen places.

2014

The new Fulton Center train station became an important case study because it creates a place between public transportation and shops. You can eat, drink, work, and hop on the train back home without leaving the building. This project also challenges the reach of daylight to the subway platform, a notoriously dank and grim place.

Under Construction

Battery Park City Ferry Terminal

Berlin Hauptbahnhof

Battery Park, Manhattan

Berlin, Germany

Port Authority of NY & NJ

Gerkan, Marg and Partners

24,500 sqft

400,000 sqft

6,000 passengers daily

300,000 passengers daily

The Battery Park City Ferry Terminal downtown o�ered its scale as a starting point for our project’s ferry terminal. It sees 6,000 passengers daily, exactly how many we expect to accommodate in Williamsburg. Because the usage matches, we took the square footage as reference when designing a ferry terminal.

Berlin’s central train station is massive and accommodates both local and regional lines. The trains come through a sheltered station that has an abundance of retail and restaurant space. Nearly the entire station is daylit and has an extensive photovoltaic system. Its circulation is clear and spacious for its hundreds of thousands of passengers.

Staten Island Ferry

Pier 17

Battery Park, Manhattan

South Street Seaport, Manhattan

Frederic Schwartz

SHoP Architects

2009

2005

200,000 sqft 66,000 passengers daily

The Staten Island Ferry is likely to be New York’s most well known ferry. The 2005 renovation of the terminal produced a large, light-�lled space that can seem out of scale at times. We used this project to �gure out how a large terminal is designed and how to design an interior layout.

CASE STUDY SUMMARY

2006

Under Construction

This project is a part of the ongoing South Street Seaport revitalization after Hurricane Sandy devastated the area. The building houses food markets and commercial space above. The highlight food marketplace on the main level of the pier can be open to the weather during the summer and closed o� with hurricane-resistant glazing panels during the colder months. Though the building can be weatherproof when the panels are closed, it is best to leave them open during bad weather to let wind and water through.

The Grand Ferry Junction, Brooklyn Precedents in transportation + design. The scope of this project required extensive research across many typologies to address all its parts. From subway stations and public spaces to new Brooklyn developments and façade treatments, every piece of this project has a precedent for building a modern transportation hub.

THE GRAND FERRY JUNCTION Williamsburg, Brooklyn

CASE STUDY SUMMARY

Whitney Museum

Domino Sugar Factory Development

Meatpacking District, Manhattan

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Renzo Piano Building Workshop

SHoP Architects

The new Whitney has a similar siting to our project, it is on the west coast of Manhattan island and is subject to harsh sun exposure during the sunset hours daily. We referenced the Whitney for shading ideas and tactics that would both allow for views of the city and shade the harsh setting sun toward the end of the day.

The nearby Domino Sugar Factory redevelopment masterplan acted as a good reference for rezoning capacity. The project required a speci�ed zoning proposal because it is an unprecedented project in this part of Brooklyn. It requests changes in setbacks, height restrictions, and waterfrontage.

Seaport Smorgasburg

Chiba Monorail

South Street Seaport, Manhattan

Chiba Prefecture, Japan

2015

2016

1988 and 1999

2015

Smorgasburg’s new second home in the South Street Seaport is a good model for us to look at when we design a new space for Smorgasburg on our site. It is an indoor version of the food market with outdoor stalls in the summer. We can use this project to lead our design questions.

45,430 daily boardings

The Chiba Urban Monorail is the longest suspended monorail system and traverses 9 miles through this suburban state southeast of Tokyo. It has a comparable ridership to what we expect for the BQX. Its structure and height above the street o�er precedent for our monorail line and how we might design the station.

Chelsea Market

Las Vegas Monorail

Meatpacking District, Manhattan

Las Vegas, NV 2003

Vandeberg Architects 1990

13,510 daily ridership

Chelsea Market is an iconic food hall and marketplace in New York and we chose to reference it for our Smorgasburg redesign. Unlike the outdoors Smorgasburg event, this is entirely indoors and houses a variety of vendors including a small grocery store, restaurants, fast-food places, and even a small �tness center. Chelsea Market is also a good reference for vertical integration with the o�ce and commercial space above.

The Las Vegas monorail is an American example of a straddle monorail. Though it is only 4 miles in length, it serves the city’s major casinos and has ridership similar in ratio to the BQX. This monorail has access to both sides of the street, which we considered at one point.

THE GRAND FERRY JUNCTION Williamsburg, Brooklyn

CASE STUDY SUMMARY

Caixa Forum Madrid

NYC AirTrain

Madrid, Spain

2003

Herzog & deMeuron 2007

The Caixa Forum o�ers its raised �rst level as precedent to our project. This museum is a rehabilitated power station but the architect excavated the ground �oor level to create an open space underneath the building. We referenced this detail for our raised building and questioned the height, availability of daylight, and materiality.

The JFK AirTrain is a 3 mile long people mover system that runs above the highway to JFK airport. The structure is tall and allows for daylight to light the roads and nearby residential areas. The train is also entirely autonomous and does not need an operator. The train’s terminal in Jamaica features an indoor waiting room with glass sliding doors that open when the train pulls into the station.

NYT Building

Coney Island Subway Station

Midtown, Manhattan

Coney Island, Brooklyn

Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Rebuilt 2004

We referenced the shading system at this building, a ceramic rod sun screen that we would choose to use on our south facades. They are attached away from the glazing so as to create an air space between the ceramic rods and the interior.

The Coney Island station serves the elevated train lines that terminate at Coney Island. It serves a large community in the summertime and features a tall vault that allows light and air to pass through. We referenced this elevated station for the monorail though our site does not have the luxury of a wide or tall station.1

The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace

Hanwa Research Center Facade

Las Vegas, NV

Unbuilt

Expansion: 2004

Bjarke Ingels Group

2007

The expansion of this shopping mall, completed in 2004, included a new atrium dominated by spiral escalators. We decided to include these in our project because they o�er an experiential quality to moving from one place to another.

This research project from BIG is for a photovoltaic research center in South Korea. The louvers are designed with the site and sun exposure and each has photovoltaic cells that are optimized with the design. We referenced this project for our facade design because our site is at an angle that calls for shading that addresses both the south and eastern or western sun on one face.vv

CASE STUDY SUMMARY

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The Grand Ferry Junction, Brooklyn

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Mixing Uses: Integrating Urbanism Gateways, Portals, Nodes + Hubs

The City College of New York - Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture 141 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031