“Steember” is the result of study for the redevelopment and requalification of an abandoned lot situated in Queens, New York City, on Vernon Boulevard. The guidelines are given by The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) which yearly organizes “TIMBER IN THE CITY: Urban Habitats Competition” for the 2018-2019 Academic Year. The competition is a partnership between the Binational Softwood Lumber Council (BSLC), the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the School of Constructed Environments (SCE) at Parsons School of Design. The program is intended to engage students to imagine the transformation of existing cities through sustainable buildings from renewable resources, offering expedient, affordable construction, innovating with new and traditional wooden materials, and designing healthy living and working environments. The main focus is the interrelationship between housing, healthy, early childhood education and climate change. The competition challenges participants to re-imagine a vacant waterfront site in Queens, New York as a vibrant and vanguard model of healthy, biophilic living for the future of the city. The first part of the project started with a phase of urban analysis to pinpoint the requirements of the local population, considering that a huge and cosmopolitan city as New York is already full of functions and diversity. After this, a functional program was organized and then implemented in an urban masterplan. The whole project contains three buildings with three different functions: an early childhood education centre, a community wellness centre and the main building which is a residential high rise tower. The architectural project of the residential building was studied with the goal to guarantee different typologies of dwelling units, in order to cover many residential market segments. The design process followed an integrated approach, considering together the architectural, structural, technological and energy aspects. Great attention has been paid to the technological and energy part of the project, with the goal to reach a building which can be mostly prefabricated and which is extremely energy efficient. Every aspect of the project has been systematically developed with deep analysis and specific software simulations. Then, the results have been implemented according to a multi-disciplinary approach, finding out the best architectural or engineering solution.
Il progetto “Steember” nasce da un bando per studenti volto alla riqualificazione di un lotto abbandonato del Queens, New York. Tale competizione architettonica viene organizzata annualmente dalla “Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture” (ACSA) ed è intitolata “TIMBER IN THE CITY: Urban Habitats Competition”. Il concorso nasce da una partnership tra il Binational Softwood Lumber Council (BSLC), l’Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) e la School of Constructed Environments (SCE) della Parsons School of Design. Lo scopo è di coinvolgere gli studenti nell’immaginare la trasformazione delle città esistenti attraverso edifici sostenibili ed alimentati da risorse rinnovabili, offrendo una costruzione conveniente ed originale utilizzando il legno in maniera sia tradizionale che innovativa. L’obiettivo principale è l’interrelazione tra residenze e cambiamento climatico progettando ambienti di vita e di lavoro confortevoli ed accoglienti. La competizione sfida i partecipanti a re-immaginare un lotto abbandonato sul lungofiume del Queens come un ambiente salutare, moderno ed accogliente per la popolazione della città. Per sviluppare tale progetto si è partiti da una iniziale fase di analisi urbana per individuare le esigenze della popolazione locale, considerando che una città enorme e cosmopolita come New York è già piena di servizi e diversità. Successivamente, è stato prima organizzato e quindi implementato un programma funzionale col fine di sviluppare un planivolumetrico efficiente ed allo stesso tempo architettonicamente di pregio. L’intero progetto comprende tre edifici con tre diverse funzioni: un centro educativo per la prima infanzia, un centro sportivo comunitario e una torre residenziale, che è l’edificio principale. Ci si è quindi concentrati sul progetto architettonico dell’edificio residenziale che è stato studiato nel dettaglio con l’obiettivo di garantire diverse tipologie di unità abitative, al fine di coprire numerosi segmenti di mercato. Il processo di progettazione ha seguito un approccio integrato, considerando insieme gli aspetti architettonici, strutturali, tecnologici ed energetici. Grande attenzione è stata dedicata alla parte tecnologica ed energetica del progetto, con l’obiettivo di raggiungere un edificio che può essere principalmente prefabbricato e che è estremamente confortevole e sostenibile energeticamente. Ogni aspetto del progetto è stato sistematicamente sviluppato con analisi approfondite e specifiche simulazioni. Infine, i risultati sono stati implementati secondo un approccio multidisciplinare individuando la migliore soluzione architettonica ed ingegneristica.
Steember. Steel and timber for a high-rise building in Queens, New York
CHINNICI, FEDERICO;MARANESI, MARCO
2018/2019
Abstract
“Steember” is the result of study for the redevelopment and requalification of an abandoned lot situated in Queens, New York City, on Vernon Boulevard. The guidelines are given by The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) which yearly organizes “TIMBER IN THE CITY: Urban Habitats Competition” for the 2018-2019 Academic Year. The competition is a partnership between the Binational Softwood Lumber Council (BSLC), the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the School of Constructed Environments (SCE) at Parsons School of Design. The program is intended to engage students to imagine the transformation of existing cities through sustainable buildings from renewable resources, offering expedient, affordable construction, innovating with new and traditional wooden materials, and designing healthy living and working environments. The main focus is the interrelationship between housing, healthy, early childhood education and climate change. The competition challenges participants to re-imagine a vacant waterfront site in Queens, New York as a vibrant and vanguard model of healthy, biophilic living for the future of the city. The first part of the project started with a phase of urban analysis to pinpoint the requirements of the local population, considering that a huge and cosmopolitan city as New York is already full of functions and diversity. After this, a functional program was organized and then implemented in an urban masterplan. The whole project contains three buildings with three different functions: an early childhood education centre, a community wellness centre and the main building which is a residential high rise tower. The architectural project of the residential building was studied with the goal to guarantee different typologies of dwelling units, in order to cover many residential market segments. The design process followed an integrated approach, considering together the architectural, structural, technological and energy aspects. Great attention has been paid to the technological and energy part of the project, with the goal to reach a building which can be mostly prefabricated and which is extremely energy efficient. Every aspect of the project has been systematically developed with deep analysis and specific software simulations. Then, the results have been implemented according to a multi-disciplinary approach, finding out the best architectural or engineering solution.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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