L’agence Mother a imaginé cette campagne très réussie pour le programme de partage de vélos à New York appelé BikeNYC. Rappelant la place des cyclistes au sein de la ville, cette série très réussie d’affiches encourage les habitants et les touristes à se servir de ce moyen de transport. Plus dans la suite.
Patrick Vale a dessiné avec détail la magnifique vue sur Manhattan depuis l’Empire State Building. L’illustrateur nous offre ici une vidéo du plus bel effet, avec un travail impressionnant. Titrée « Empire State of Pen », cette représentation de New York réalisée en avril est à découvrir en vidéo dans la suite de l’article.
Dezeen Wire: ”the High Line has become a tourist-clogged catwalk and a catalyst for some of the most rapid gentrification in New York’s history,” says author Jeremiah Moss in an article published in the New York Times.
Moss claims that the elevated park that opened in 2009 on an abandoned railway track has become an overcrowded attraction that has prompted a surge of luxury development in the west Manhattan neighbourhood, causing rents to rise and local businesses to struggle.
“Within a few years, the ecosystem disrupted by the High Line will find a new equilibrium,” he says, but suggests that local shops, cafes and even galleries will be pushed out to make room for the chain stores and tourist-friendly restaurants favoured by passers-by.
Landscape designers James Corner Field Operations and architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro are currently working on the third proposed section of the High Line, which is due to open in spring 2014. See our earlier stories about section one and section two.
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Shimmering aluminium panels are ridged like the top surfaces of bricks on the exterior of this country house in upstate New York by architects Grzywinski + Pons (+ slideshow).
Ipe wood screens and painted yellow doors contrast with the silvery cladding, which subtly reflects the colours of the surrounding woodland.
The wooden screens fasten across glass doors and windows to secure the two-storey residence when it is unoccupied.
The house was designed as a weekend retreat and is accompanied by a smaller building that can be privately rented or used as a family guesthouse.
Only the master bedroom is located on the top floor of the house and opens out onto a large balcony.
Other American houses on Dezeen include a writer’s retreat elsewhere in New York and a 4.5 metre-wide house in Los Angeles.
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Photography is by Floto + Warner.
Here’s some text from Grzywinski + Pons:
Dutchess House No. 1
When Grzywinski + Pons was commissioned to design this house we were excited by a brief and directive from the client that was very specific programmatically and where budget had primacy but open to whatever form that might manifest from our process in addressing their requests.
The house was conceived as country home initially used as a complement to and reprieve from their apartment in the city that could ultimately evolve into a primary residence. They wanted a detached cottage or guest house that could accommodate their visiting elderly parents for extended stays from the west coast and be available to rent out on a nightly basis at their discretion to help defray costs.
Another request was to create a place that felt very open to it’s beautiful surroundings yet could be battened down and secured during any extended periods when it was unoccupied. Furthermore, the client – when anticipating stays in the house alone – requested we create a master bedroom suite that allowed unfettered access to the outdoors (both physically and visually) from a safe “perch” when the ground floor was secured for the night.
We paid special attention to sightlines, exposures, seasonal variations in the quality and direction of light and the flow and integration of interior and exterior spaces.
We also were focused on making the home very sustainable and energy efficient – while this informed the design of the home in a significant way we didn’t want the house and cottage to wear their green credentials on their sleeve as an aesthetic.
The house was built with ICFs, strategically glazed with low-e assemblies and clad in high albedo mill finish aluminum. We designed deep eaves into the largest expanses of glass based on our solar studies.
The home and cottage ended up being so well insulated that we needed to specify an EVR unit for fresh air exchange. An on demand hot water system precludes any wasted energy on water heaters when the home is unoccupied and also heats the home through a hydronic radiant slab. Low flow fixtures, dual flush toilets, LED lighting, high efficiency appliances and sustainably grown lumber were all specified and employed.
We wanted to make sure that the house felt very warm and happy – a truly convivial environment – while unabashedly modern and durable. The natural environment is the star of the show and each room or interior space is predicated on celebrating that. Even the exterior cladding, specified for performance – matte aluminum and ipe – was designed to amplify the progression of hues both throughout the day and throughout the seasons.
Architects: Grzywinski+Pons
Project completed: 2012
Location: Millerton, NY
Design Team: Matthew Grzywinski, Amador Pons
Ground floor detail plan 1 – click above for larger image
Ground floor detail plan 2 – click above for larger image
First floor detail plan – click above for larger image
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Découverte de Gail Albert Halaban qui nous présente cette série de photographies baptisée « Out My Window ». Avec des clichés d’appartements et des moments de vie capturés, ces images parviennent à montrer un instant ou une ambiance. Une série d’excellente qualité à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
Comme désormais chaque année, voici le nouveau showreel 2012 de la référence en post-production et VFX, le studio The Mill. Une sélection des meilleurs travaux développé par la filiale américaine depuis leurs bureaux basés à New York et Los Angeles. A découvrir en images et en vidéo HD dans la suite.
Architects studioMDA have completed an aluminium-clad gallery in New York where all the artworks on show are visible from outside (photographs by Roland Halbe).
As the second Paul Kasmin Gallery to open in Chelsea, the building has a simple rectangular layout with white walls and a concrete floor.
A gabled skylight is screened behind parapet walls and allows light to filter into the gallery through a louvred ceiling.
When the gallery is closed, a grid of metal shutters slides down over the glazed facade for security.
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Other New York galleries we’ve featured include one by Foster + Partners that has just been nominated for the 2012 RIBA Lubetkin Prize.
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Here’s some information from architect Markus Dochantschi:
Paul Kasmin Gallery
Located in the densely populated gallery neighborhood of Chelsea in Manhattan, the Paul Kasmin Gallery seeks to create a new dialogue between pedestrian, visitor, and art. The design of the gallery creates a clean open space connecting the street to the inside. The gallery features a floor to ceiling glass façade, allowing over sized pieces of art to be delivered. The interior space benefits from a large skylight, flooding the space with natural light.
The façade has two defined architectural attributes: the storefront glazing system and the full height aluminum façade. While the perforated gate of the aluminum loading dock gate provides security, the open design allows art to be showcased even when the gallery is closed.
This is the first Chelsea Gallery to open its façade in its entirety to the public, breaking the typology of the traditionally visually disconnected gallery.
studioMDA has also redesigned the entrance of Paul Kasmin’s Gallery at 293 Tenth Avenue, as well as the new store on 27th Street. This is the third location in Chelsea for Paul Kasmin Galleries.
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Dezeen Wire: work starts today on an affordable housing development in Harlem by architects Adjaye Associates.
The twelve-storey block will contain 124 apartments, a children’s museum and a nursery, and is scheduled for completion late next year.
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Here’s some more information from Adjaye Associates:
Adjaye Associates’ Sugar Hill housing project in Harlem breaks ground
Adjaye Associates’ Sugar Hill affordable housing scheme breaks ground today at a ceremony attended by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, community representatives, benefactors, elected officials and city and state commissioners. Located near the famed Coogan’s Bluff at West 155th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue on the border of West Harlem and Washington Heights, the scheme integrates a wide urban and cultural programme within a dark slab building that crowns a 76ft glass-and-terrazzo base.
Scheduled for completion in late 2013, the complex features 124 units of affordable housing, an early education centre for 100 pre-school children and their families, and the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, which was recently named the nation’s highest-ranking recipient of 2012 ArtPlace grants, awarded to transform communities through strategic investment in the arts. Adjaye Associates worked closely with the client, Broadway Housing Communities (BHC), and the local community to ensure the design is tied to its history, practical and aesthetic requirements, while complementing its surrounding environment of Gothic revival row-houses.
The 13-storey scheme steps back at the ninth floor to create a 10ft terrace and cantilever on opposite sides. The dark cladding is achieved with rose embossed pre-cast panels, which are inexpensive while achieving a textured, ornamental effect. Saw-toothed fenestration fans across both façades, referencing bay windows that are a common feature of the area. These windows also frame views of the Hudson River and the new Yankee Stadium. Terraces are placed on the roof, third and ninth floors. At the base of the building is the Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, while the second floor houses a 12,196 square feet, light filled day care centre and offices for BHC.
David Adjaye said:
“Sugar Hill represents a new social engagement, which is at the heart of my practice. It is a symbol of regeneration for the community of Harlem that will integrate housing with a cultural and educational element – this is a real reinvention of the traditional model and I am thrilled to see the project break ground.”
Ellen Baxter, Founder and Executive Director of BHC, said:
“Sugar Hill is the culmination of Broadway Housing Communities’ 30-year commitment to create opportunities to strengthen individuals, children and families, and communities with access to affordable housing, early childhood education and cultural opportunities – three integral components of a sustainable and vibrant community.”
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Dezeen Wire: New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has launched a competition to design “micro-units” to help solve the shortage of of small apartments in Manhattan.
The adAPT NYC competition seeks designs for a pilot project to be built on a site the city owns in Kips Bay, where zoning regulations will be waived to allow the entire building to be made up of studio and one-bedroom apartments.
“People from all over the world want to live in New York City, and we must develop a new, scalable housing model that is safe, affordable and innovative to meet their needs,” Bloomberg said.
Here’s the full press release from Bloomberg’s office, which can also be found on Bloomberg’s website:
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel and Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua today launched the adAPT NYC Competition, a pilot program to develop a new housing model for the City’s growing small-household population. adAPT NYC seeks to create additional choices within New York City’s housing market to accommodate the city’s changing demographics.
Currently New York City has 1.8 million one- and two-person households, but only one million studios and one-bedrooms. The design competition involves a Request for Proposals for a rental building composed primarily, or completely, of micro-units – apartments smaller than what is allowed under current regulations. New York City’s housing codes have not kept up with its changing population, and currently do not allow an entire building of micro-units. Under this pilot program, Mayor Bloomberg will waive certain zoning regulations at a City-owned site at 335 East 27th Street in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan to test the market for this new housing model.
The Mayor made the announcement at the American Institute of Architects’ Center for Architecture and also was joined by Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda I. Gibbs, City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden and Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri, whose agencies collaborated with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development on the creation of this design competition.
“Developing housing that matches how New Yorkers live today is critical to the City’s continued growth, future competitiveness and long-term economic success,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “People from all over the world want to live in New York City, and we must develop a new, scalable housing model that is safe, affordable and innovative to meet their needs.”
“Under Mayor Bloomberg’s leadership, New York City continues to be a magnet for talent from around the world and around the five boroughs, and with this new model for development of affordable housing, we will help ensure that New Yorkers have more options that meet their housing needs,” said Deputy Mayor Steel. “This innovative public-private partnership will build on the Bloomberg Administration’s track record of leveraging private-sector expertise and resources to develop quality affordable housing.”
“Research has shown that stable, affordable housing can have a positive impact on health and well-being,” said Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda I. Gibbs. “From young graduates just starting out to older adults seeking to downsize, adAPT NYC will allow us to better meet the changing housing needs of New Yorkers by piloting apartments that are affordable, efficient, and in tune with New York lifestyles.”
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) will issue an RFP for the design, construction, and operation of a micro-unit rental building on a transit-oriented, City-owned site located at 335 East 27th Street in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan. At least 75 percent of the units in the building will be micro-units, which are expected to measure approximately 275 to 300 square feet. These efficient, self-contained units will include kitchens and bathrooms. The RFP design guidelines encourage the development of a mixed-use building with apartments that have substantial access to light and air to create a sense of openness. Responses will be judged on affordability and competitive land purchase price; innovative micro-unit layout and building design; and experience developing housing in New York City. Other high-cost, high-density cities also are testing the concept of micro-units to provide smaller and less expensive housing options.
“adAPT NYC is a fantastic opportunity to create a model of housing that could be replicated in other locations and contexts to expand New York City’s housing stock,” said HPD Commissioner Wambua. “We’re looking for creativity, affordability, imaginative design and responsiveness to the needs of real New Yorkers. Show us something we haven’t seen before that is ingenious, sustainable, replicable and practical, and we will work with you to make it a reality.”
“As with the Inclusionary Housing Program, adAPT NYC is another example of a successful partnership between HPD and City Planning where zoning innovation is used to broaden housing choices for New Yorkers,” said Planning Commissioner Burden. “With adAPT, we are using design layouts to define a new apartment model and ensure that the city’s housing meets the diverse needs of its residents.”
“As New York City continues to grow and evolve, our housing stock must do the same,” said Buildings Commissioner LiMandri. “This design competition is a unique opportunity to re-define the way New Yorkers live by creating a new type of housing model that is safe, efficient and affordable. The challenge will be to follow our strict safety standards while providing an innovative design that meets the public’s needs.”
“New Yorkers can be better served by adapting the city’s apartment models to allow more efficient and sustainable homes,” said Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability Director David Bragdon. “Today’s announcement is fulfillment of the pledge in PlaNYC, the Mayor’s long-term sustainability strategy, to update the City’s regulations to better accommodate the population and demographics of the future.”
“The American Institute of Architects New York Chapter is pleased to support the adAPT initiative through which New York City’s housing supply will more nimbly provide space for the growing number of young and creative individuals looking to move to our city or remain here,” said Rick Bell, Executive Director of the American Institute of Architects New York. “Decent apartments of small size can be provided in all five boroughs that meet the demand of a growing population for whom location, value and design matter.”
“With this important housing pilot, New York once again leads world cities in devising creative solutions to the challenge of accommodating growth in an environmentally sustainable way,” said Kathryn Wylde, President & CEO, the Partnership for New York City.
“This program will usher in important innovations in our zoning resolution to address the city’s perennial shortage of housing for a broad segment of our population,” said Steve Spinola, President of REBNY. “This creative approach will be one of the more enduring aspects of the Mayor’s housing legacy.”
“Once again the Bloomberg Administration tackles age-old issues with fresh thinking and a willingness to experiment with new ideas,” said Jerilyn Perine, Executive Director of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council. “This pilot project will not only create new types of much needed housing; but will also set the stage for much need regulatory relief to make room for more housing choices for our growing population.”
Today there are several regulatory barriers to building smaller housing units. The City will waive zoning regulations for this pilot project to permit the development of a single building predominately composed of micro-units. Responses to the RFP will demonstrate whether the micro-unit model is viable and can provide a suitable housing alternative. The pilot will help inform potential regulatory changes that could allow the as-of-right development of micro-units in appropriate locations. The City will not waive Building Code requirements for this pilot, but an optional section of the RFP will ask developers to suggest changes to the codes that would facilitate future development of this type of housing.
The adAPT NYC initiative is as part of Mayor Bloomberg’s New Housing Marketplace Plan, a multi-billion dollar initiative to finance the creation or preservation of 165,000 units of affordable housing by the close of Fiscal Year 2014. In this initial design competition, there is no City subsidy. HPD will require that, like all newly-constructed or substantially-renovated buildings built under the New Housing Marketplace Plan, proposals achieve certification through the Enterprise Green Communities Program, a comprehensive green building framework that provides cost-effective standards for creating healthy and energy efficient homes.
HPD will hold a pre-submission conference for potential design teams on July 31, 2012 at the American Institute of Architects’ Center for Architecture. The deadline for proposal submissions is September 14, 2012.
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