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URBAN PIT-STOP fall 2011 professor \ Brad Horn project team \ Gunnar Burke This project is a bike rental and cafe set in the new West H a r l e m P i e r s Pa r k ( W. A r c h i t e c t u r e a n d L a n d s c a p e A r c h i t e c t u r e , Completed 2012). The project attempts to add surface area t o t h e p a r k t h r o u g h a c a r e f u l i n c i s i o n a n d f o l d o f t h e p a r k ’s surface, to add both program and park area in a single gesture. I b e ga n m y e x p l o r a t i o n t h r o u g h a b s t r a c t f o l d i n g e x e r c i e s e s , w h i c h b e ga n t o c o n c e p t u a l i z e t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n t h e f o l d , the surface and surface area. This step was critical due to the extremely slim nature of the site and the desire to preser ve the area of the park, as well as the access to the water that this park grants the neighborhood. The final design uses the geometr y that is established in the p a r k ’s d e s i g n , a n d t u c k s t h e p r o g r a m m i n g b e n e a t h a s a s u r g i c a l i n s e r t i o n — a t o n c e p r e s e r v i n g a n d e n h a n c i n g t h e u s e o f t h e park.
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The project houses a bicycle rental shop in the southern p av i l i o n , a n d a c a f e i n t h e n o r t h e r n p av i l i o n . T h e t w o p r og r a m aspects are integrated beneath the lifted park surface, creating t w o w e d ge - s h a p e d p av i l i o n s t h a t a l l ow t r a n s p a re n c y a n d f re e flowing cir culation. The form of the project allows for the roof spaces of each o p p o s i n g p a v i l i o n t o b e a c o n t i n u a t i o n o f t h e p a r k ’s s u r f a c e . I n t h e m o re c av e r n o u s s p a c e s b e n e a t h w h e re t h e s u r f a c e l i f t s from the park are housed the more utilitarian aspects (bicycle s t o r a ge i n t h e b i k e re n t a l p av i l i o n a n d re s t r o o m s i n t h e c a f e p av i l i o n ) . A consulting professor Jason O. Vollen from the CASE program at RPI advised the studio on sustainable practices. The diagrams to the right illustrate the passive solar and passive cooling aspects of the project. Overhangs and louvers are u s e d t o m i n i m i z e s u m m e r h e a t ga i n w h i l e h a r v e s t i n g p a s s i v e s o l a r h e a t i n t h e w i n t e r. T h e l o w p r e s s u r e c a u s e d b y a i r m o v i n g across the louvers creates a gradient which intakes air from offshore and moves it through underwater ducts, allowing passively cooled air to contstantly move through the building in the hot summer months.
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B AT H H O U S E O N T H E B OW E RY spring 201 2 p r o f e s s o r \ E l i s a b e t t a Te r r a g n i project team \ Gunnar Burke
T h e a n a l y s i s f o r t h i s p r o j e c t b e ga n b y i n v e s t i g a t i n g t h e s i t e o n an urban scale—focusing on the Bower y both as a Nor th-South av e nu e a n d s i m u l a t e n o u s l y a s a n E a s t - We s t b o u n d a r y b e t w e e n neighborhoods. I formulated my bathouse as an extremely public space, that would create a physical public connection across the boundar y o f t h e B o w e r y. A n a l o g o u s t o t h e p r o p e r t y o f c o n s t r u c t i v e i n t e r f e r e n c e w h e n w a v e s m o v i n g t o w a r d s e a c h o t h e r a m p l i f y, the eastern and western facades conceal an interior volume t h a t i s a m p l i f i e d s e c t i o n a l l y a n d p l a n o m e t r i c a l l y.
LEFT: early exploded program diagram. RIGHT:(top) understanding the bower y as a divider ; (bottom) the concept of constructive interference.
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This project is a bath house occupying the lots directly to the South and East of the New Museum. The project attempts to create a new public connection through the block, while both a dd re s s i n g t h e h i s t o r y o f t h e B ow e r y a s a n av e nu e a n d bu i l d i n g upon the success of the New Museum in bringing a new institutional presence to the area.
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ON- DEMAND OFFICES fall 201 2 professor \ Martin Stigsgaard project team \ Gunnar Burke + Kr ystian Masternak This project attempts to uncover a new typolog y of building: the on-demand office building. The space is reser ved for small b u s i n e s s e s w h o s e f u t u r e i s u n c e r t a i n . W h i l e t h e s e t y p e s o f s t a r t - u p a n d i n c u b a t o r s p a c e s e x i s t a l r e a d y, t h e y a l w a y s o c c u p y e x i s t i n g s t r u c t u re s . T h i s p r o j e c t a t t e m p t s t o e nv i s i o n t h i s program as a new building type. The project offered an ideal site for a new building type: a lone t r i a n g u l a r l o t b o u n d e d by c a n a l s t re e t t o t h e n o r t h , 6 t h av e nu e to the west, and west broadway to the east. This studio was run as a “comprehensive studio”, meaning that t h e f i n a l p r o d u c t wa s t o b e d e s i g n e d a n d d r aw n a s i f i t w e re t o be constructed. With the help of structural, lighting, landscape e nv e l o p e a n d c o d e c o n s u l t a n t s , w e p r o d u c e d a h i g h l y d ev e l o p e d s e t o f d r aw i n g s i n c l u d i n g s p e c i f i c a t i o n s a n d a c o s t e s t i m a t e .
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With a zoning variance negotiated by our code consultant, we w e re a b l e t o i nv e r t t h e re q u i re d s e t b a c k , a n d g i v e 5 0 % o f t h e site to a public plaza at the ground level. A public cafe faces t h e p l a z a a n d c r a d l e s t h e s i t e a ga i n s t t h e h e a v y t r a f f i c o f c a n a l street. The office space rises 10 stories above, with each plan growing outward as it ascends. The overhangs provide shading from the hot southern sun, and the character of the facade allows for inter sper sed ter races on most floor s. The facade also allows f o r e a c h o f f i c e s p a c e t o h av e a s l i g h t l y d i f f e re n t v i ew o u t wa rd , allowing a young company to foster an identity within the building. Private office sizes range from just 4 desks to 20. Open desk seating is also provided on several floor s for single-per son companies, and informal work desks are provided on ever y floor for nomadic worker s. The building as a whole foster s relationships that develop into business par tner ships and trans-disciplinar y ventures and collaboration.
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ELIZABETH,NJ MASTER PLAN spring 2013 p r o f e s s o r \ Ye h r e S u h project team \ Gunnar Burke, Kr ystian Masternak + David Mosey In this collaborative studio with Masters of Landscape Architecture students, we developed a master plan for the city of Elizabeth, NJ that focused on providing housing for lowincome and homeless people. I n o u r i n i t i a l a n a l y s i s o f t h e c i t y, w e i d e n t i f i e d t h r e e m a j o r corridors or ar teries that string through the city and offer g r e a t p o t e n t i a l : a G R E E N c o r r i d o r, w h i c h i s a n a b a n d o n e d a n d o v e r g r o w n r a i l l i n e ; a n E N E R G Y o r e c o C o r r i d o r, w h i c h i s t h e E l i z a b e t h R i v e r, a n d a C U LT U R A L c o r r i d o r w h i c h i s a s t r i n g o f main streets where most of the urban activity occurs.
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We phased the master plan to begin in the center of elizabeth, where the three cor ridor s meet. The programming susequently extends outward along the cor ridor s, eventually connecting the city to the greater region, and creating value in the interstitial spaces between corridors.
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GREEN HOUSES powered by new energy sources grow vegetables along the greenway
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LEFT: diagrams analyzing and synthesizing the corridors and opportunities of elizabeth from the local to the regional scale. (4 @ 24”x72”) RIGHT: phasing and programming, diagrammatic master plan (36”x36”).
BICYCLE paths become the main form of transport along the greenway and become incorporated into the city as a popular means of getting around FERRY terminal at the water creates easy connections to New York City and southern New Jersey, making the new Elizabeth a destination as well as a point of departure
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PHYTO-REMEDIATING plants will be used to extract metals from the ground which are then broken down to produce nanocarbons
RAIN WATER that runs off of the Jersey Turnpike is gathered, filtered, and released into a turbine cell, spinning the turbine and producing energy for highway VIBRATIONS from traffic on the Jersey Turnpike can trigger thin plates below the raised highway which convert the movements into energy
STEAM can be produced from river water and used to produce energy using carbon extracted from brownfield phytoremediation
HYDRO-ELECTRIC power generated by the ebb and flow of tidal influence on the Elizabeth River can be used to spin turbines generating electricity
METHANE from the Elizabeth River and its CSO outflows can be extracted and used for the generation of energy
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SCIENCE center at Kean University monitors and educates on the new energy technologies employed in Elizabeth ELEVATED PARK occurs at the terminus of the cultural corridor and green corridor SQUARES along Elizabeth Avenue serve as new points and gathering areas of culture and commerce, building and expanding on the current use and successes of Union Square
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GREEN ARTERY The unused rail line is reclaimed as a linear park and greenway, and becomes the site for new housing. New plantings are added to existing vegetation and a bicycle path takes the place of the tracks. 1. Low-rise housing flanks the greenway closely and expands outward and upward where other arteries cross. 2. Greenhouses for vegetables are incorporated along the length of the park 3. Housing arrangements engage the green artery in different ways
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WATER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH CENTER uses carbons from phytoremediating plants to experiment with and utilize the technology to produce energy and treat water.
Our master plan identified three Arteries for opportunity and development within Elizabeth. By programming and implementing interventions along the Green, Energy, and Cultural corridors, we propose a holistic transformation in the heart of Elizabeth whose influence will grow throughout the city along its rejuvinated arteries.
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In 1999, the last train had run on the high line, and the area was gradually changing from manufacturing into a more commercail and resident-freindly area. As a result of these forces, 23rd street was rezoned as a special purpose district which allowed residential buildings with a maximum FAR of 10.
the 23rd street corridor was named a special purp o s e d i s t r i c t a n d a l l o w e d a m a x FA R o f 1 0 .
2005 2005 In 2005, still more of the M1-5 district was chopped away, and rezoned as C6-3, C6-3A, C6-2, C6-2A, as well as C6-4. In light of the highline park, the whole area was designated a special district, and special zoning regulations regarding building adjacent to the highline were outilined in the 2005 zoning resolution. As a result of the limitations of the building heights beside the park, the areas on the south side of west 30th street and along eleventh avenue were able to recieve highline transfer area, allowing for large towers to cradle the neighborhood.
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The librar y thus became a project about tracking the current and anticipating the future urban context. It is built under t h e c u r r e n t 2 0 0 5 z o n i n g l a w, b u t p r o v i d e s a f r a m e w o r k f o r an anticipated residential tower with an inclusionar y housing bonus tower to be built on top.
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In 1961, Chelsea’s zoning reflected the character and use of the niehgborhood. The entire area was zoned M1-5, as a light manufacturing district, with a maximum FAR of 5.0. The area served as a transition between the residential area to the east, and the heavier manufacturing area to the west (M2-3).
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NOTE: Zoning information as shown on this map is subject change. For the most up-to-date zoning information for this check the Department of City Planning website: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/subcats/zoning.html or contact the Zoning Information Desk at (212) 720-3291.
2022 2020 In 2020, in demand caused by a steady influx of people into the city and underutilized manufacturing buildings, the remaining M1-5 zone between 20th and 22nd streets, and 24th and 27th streets was rezoned as special zoning M1-5A. In the Chelsea Historic District, owners of M1-5A buildings in these areas can apply to recieve greater air rights and have residential status. The buildings must provide a community program of some kind, preferably in the arts, and 35% of the original structure must be kept in tact in order to recieve the full FAR of 13.0. The Additions must be in the form of a tower, set back from the original structure, and the discernment between the two buildings must be great. This zoning is in order to maintain the history of the neighborhood while accomodating a greater amount of people. In addition, owners of these buildings may opt out of this program and transfer their air rights to the newly up-zoned area between 11th avenue and the west side Hightway beginning at 25th street northward.
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The librar y occupies the entire 180’x180’ footprint of the site. its ground floor stretches beneath the high line, and i nv i t e s v i s i t o r s f r o m b o t h t h e n o r t h a n d s o u t h s i d e o f t h e block. The program is divided on either side of the high line, allowing for production and presentation programs on the east (tutoring areas, lecture halls, ar t displays) and consumption a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i o n a l ( b o o k s t a c k s , m e d i a l i b r a r y, o f f i c e s , circulation) on the west side of the building. The two sides bridge the high line with social public spaces: a cafe emerges on the south from the production side and a reading room from the consumption side, with outdoor terraces connecting these spaces. The top level reconnects the circuit with a ring where production and consuption are able to blend in an incubator-style public work space. The space intends to foster a new idea about the role of the librar y of the future. It creates a space for people to not only intake information, but to produce the ver y information, developments and events that will be publicly consumed. It attempts to spatialize this rapid consumtion and production model of information that is born of the internet era.
LEFT: early concept rendering. RIGHT: section oblique.
Tw o l a r g e s t a i r s l e a d v i s i t o r s t h r o u g h t h e a r e a s o f t h e l i b r a r y. T h e s t a i r s u n i t e t h e t e r r a c i n g l e v e l s o n the consumption (west) side, and provide spatial delineations on the production side. Both stairs lead to the ring at the top where the ideas are free to mix. The librar y functions as a living, physical and spatialized blog . The cir culation paths create a closed circuit both ver tically and horizontally through the space that encourages visitor s to produce and consume information, and interact with others who are doing the same. In 2020, a residential tower adds a new layer to this public forum, and sets a precedent for combining civic buildings with high-density housing.