City Harvest
The new City Harvest facility sits on the boundary of Brooklyn’s historic waterfront and the neighborhood of Sunset Park, creating a physical presence in an area where they serve the food insecure and allowing for connections to the local community through educational programs.
"Ennead transformed a beautiful historic warehouse into an environmentally responsible state-of-the-art workplace. As we see it, the most sustainable building is the one that is already there, so our design approach was informed by the existing potential already within this building, which we revitalized and filled with daylight to create an open and welcoming environment for all.”
The existing architectural elements of the warehouse, which was originally used as a temporary repair shop for Brooklyn Rapid Transit trains from 1890 – 1916, are reorganized and rationalized for City Harvest. The design exposes and celebrates the historic structural and masonry elements of the building, including the restoration of the expansive ceiling height and original clerestory daylighting system.
Design
Juxtaposing contemporary architecture with the original industrial interior, the design uses bright colors and a bold graphics system, while meeting energy efficiency and budgetary goals. The design includes materials with recycled content, sustainably sourced; local materials – concrete, brick, CMU, paving and decorative metals.
Restoration
The existing architectural elements of the warehouse, which was originally used as a temporary repair shop for Brooklyn Rapid Transit trains from 1890 – 1916, are reorganized and rationalized for City Harvest. The design exposes and celebrates the historic structural and masonry elements of the building, including the restoration of the expansive ceiling height and original clerestory daylighting system.
Sustainability
City Harvest has a strong connection to sustainability through their rescue and distribution of millions of pounds of nutritious food that would otherwise have gone to waste. From the start, they were interested in an energy efficient building and healthy workplace. Ennead set a goal for LEED Gold certification and implemented WELL strategies through our design.
Ennead’s sustainability approach for the existing 1800’s structure included remediating the brownfield site, insulating the existing masonry envelope, installing new, high-performance windows, roof and storefront entries, and introducing an energy efficient, radiant heating and cooling system.
"Reclaiming a 19th century building and bringing it to LEED Gold in service of an organization that accomplishes so much good is a testament to how good design can contribute to society."
City Harvest has a strong connection to sustainability through their rescue and distribution of millions of pounds of nutritious food that would otherwise have gone to waste. From the start, they were interested in an energy efficient building and healthy workplace. Ennead set a goal for LEED Gold certification and implemented WELL strategies through our design.
Ennead calibrated the office modules and layout in accordance with the unusual original structural system of branching wooden columns that resemble trees, further drawing attention to the historical nature of the wood-framed warehouse, while introducing new interventions like the steel staircase and screens that define various zones of the building.
详情
- 年份
- 2022
- 项目地点
- Brooklyn, NY
- 项目规模
- 150,650 GSF
- 功能
- Office and Social Space, Warehouse, Truck Yard, Loading Dock, Cold Storage, Freezer, Dry storage of goods, Event Space and Demonstration Kitchen
团队
- Ennead Design Team (Design Architect, Interior and Exterior)
- Richard Olcott, Don Weinreich, Shalini Abeyaratne, Suzanne Troiano, Adam Mead, Eileen Dirks, Christian Adamik
- Interior Architectural Design for Event Space & Demonstration Kitchen
- Rockwell Group
- Logistics Spaces and Architect of Record
- Ware Malcomb
- 摄影
- Albert Vecerka/Esto
奖项
- 2023
- CoreNet NYC Project of the Year Awards
新闻
- 2023
- Broome, Beth. "Growing a Mission: City Harvest’s Cohen Community Food Rescue Center" (AIA Oculus, 2/27/2023)
- 2023
- Rajagopal, Avinash. "This Food Rescue Nonprofit’s HQ Offers Beauty During a Crisis" (Metropolis Magazine, 1/20/2023)
- 2023
- Schulman, Pansy. "Ennead and Rockwell Group Revamp Historic Train-Repair Shop for Nonprofit Feeding New Yorkers in Need" (Architectural Record, 1/27/2023)
- 2022
- Moffit, Evan. "How This Innovative Building Helps Feed 1.5 Million New Yorkers" (Architectural Digest, 11/14/2022)