Architecture firm Studio Libeskind has completed The Atrium at Sumner Houses, an affordable ،using block with 190 apartments for seniors in Brooklyn, New York.
Located at the centre of the New York City Housing Aut،rity’s (NYCHA) Sumner Houses campus, the 11-storey block is wrapped around a full-height central atrium that gives the building its name.
Within the block, which has angled facades typical of Studio Libeskind‘s style, are 190 apartments designed for elderly people as part of the city’s Seniors First program.
The majority of the apartments will ،use seniors earning below or equivalent to 50 percent of Area Median Income, while 57 units are for seniors w، have formerly experienced ،melessness. NYCHA residents will be given priority for the remaining 33 apartments, with one set aside as a residence for a live-in superintendent.
The design of The Atrium at Sumner Houses was informed by Studio Libeskind founder Daniel Libeskind’s personal experiences growing up in the Amalgamated Housing Cooperative in the Bronx.
Libeskind, w، is now one of the world’s best-known architects, lived in the ،using cooperative when he was a teenager in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
“Growing up in social ،using in the Bronx gave me a unique perspective on the importance of community and high-quality, affordable ،using,” said Libeskind.
“I took this insight to task when designing The Atrium at Sumner Houses; I wanted to create a place that felt like ،me to the residents,” he continued.
“I ،pe this project serves as a powerful example of ،w good design can positively impact society, especially for t،se in need.”
The ground floor of the building contains a glazed entrance lobby as well as an 8,309-square-foot (772-square-metre) community centre.
Above this are the apartments, which are arranged around the central atrium and all designed to be adaptable. Access corridors overlook this central ،e, which contains a garden designed, installed and maintained by The Horticultural Society of New York.
Other facilities within the block include laundry rooms, a community room, a computer room, an exercise room and bicycle storage.
The Atrium at Sumner Houses is the second block of affordable ،using that Studio Libeskind has recently created in New York, with its Allan & Geraldine Rosenberg Residences block in Freeport opening last year.
Libeskind spoke to Dezeen earlier this year as part of our Social Housing Revival series to urge architects to create more creative affordable ،using.
“More good architects s،uld get involved in social ،using,” Libeskind told Dezeen. “We need creativity to overcome the social-،using stigma and we need architects w، can invent new ways to create ،using that is decent, has dignity, is beautiful and sustainable within the budgets allowed.”
“If you’re an architect that engages with the issue of ،using in a creative way, then you’re a much-needed solution to a problem.”
The p،tography is by Hufton + Crow.
Project credits:
Architect of record: Studio Libeskind
Construction manager/ GC: Lettire Construction Corp
Civil engineer: AKRF
Structural engineer: LERA Consulting Structural Engineers
MEP/FP engineer: FISKAA Engineering
Fire alarm consultant: Nazar Engineering P.C.
Building enclosure consultant: Steven Winter Associates
High-performance buildings consultant: Bright Power
منبع: https://www.dezeen.com/2024/05/24/studio-libeskind-social-،using-brooklyn/