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Mechanical

Cafe

Gallery Gallery

Gallery

Sculpture Deck

ClassRoom

ClassRoom

ClassRoom

Theatre

Gallery

FLOOR +01 GALLERIES

EAST-WEST SECTION

A

B

C

B

A

Gallery

Gallery

ClassRoom

Info Tech

UP

UP

DNDN

UPDN

+28

+30

Total 224,400 sf

Observation Deck4700 sf

Lower Residential 6 Floors 3 Units Per Floor 2 & 3 Bedroom 30,000 sf 5 Floors 4 Units Per Floor 2 & 3 Bedroom 24,000 sf

Upper Residential 9 Floors 3 Units Per Floor 2 & 3 Bedroom 43,000 sf 9 Floors 2 Units Per Floor 2 & 3 Bedroom 44,000 sf

Residential Garden4,800 sf


11 Floors55,000 sf

Lobby/ Retail6,500 sf

Gallery / Cafe7,500 sf

Chinatown is one of the more underserved neighborhoods in Manhattan for the arts. The timeless

art of weaving was used to explore ideas of material, surface, and visual perception.

Through pattern, iteration, and variation, what became primarily interesting was a “visual weave”, an ephemeral connection to bordering spaces. Using this phenomena I created selective

connections between adjacencies, whether

viewed from inside or out.

CHATHAM SQUARE ARTS CENTERSIDE 1

SIDE 2

SIDE 3

SIDE 4

1

2 3

4

SITE LINES

CHINA TOWN, MANHATTAN, NY

SPATIAL CONNECTIONSPATIAL PERCEPTION

SECOND FLOOR +02 GALLERIES

S T E V E R K E L L E R3 5 A l b e r t D r. P a r l i n , N J 0 8 8 5 9 S t e v e R K e l l e r @ y a h o o . c o m w w w . S t e v e R K e l l e r . c o m 7 3 2 . 7 3 5 . 3 9 4 3

GARDEN LEVEL+14

LOWER RESIDENTIAL+23

UPPER RESIDENTIAL+44

SOLAR INTEGRATION & FORM EXPLORATION

Total 224,400 sf

Observation Deck4700 sf

Lower Residential 6 Floors 3 Units Per Floor 2 & 3 Bedroom 30,000 sf 5 Floors 4 Units Per Floor 2 & 3 Bedroom 24,000 sf

Upper Residential 9 Floors 3 Units Per Floor 2 & 3 Bedroom 43,000 sf 9 Floors 2 Units Per Floor 2 & 3 Bedroom 44,000 sf



11 Floors55,000 sf

Lobby/ Retail6,500 sf

Gallery / Cafe7,500 sf

Stone Street in lower Manhattan presents an interesting opportunity for the integration of a sustainable high rise.The site warrants a concern for natural light, being surrounded by adjacent highrise buildings. As an office space for the National Resource Defense Council, a structural/sustainable icon is a suitable development. The cold dark site desired a visual experience vertically to reconnect with the skyline. Beginning with a gallery space “Contemplation Space” in the basement that visually reaches up thru a central atrium culminating at an interior garden. As the user moves vertically the appearance of a gradual light from unexpected sources becomes present.

The skin of the central organic form offered the opportunity to allow the user to control

the suns intensity. A system of 3 fritted panels between a double skin can be mechanically operated to slide

in any configuration. This system would also work

dynamically with the appearance of the

skin, changing vertically with the

varying times of day/season/ and

sun’s intensity

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Ground Floor 00

EntryAtrium

BreakRoom

LabResearch

Office

CommunalDeck

To Beach

up

Mechanicalup

South Elevation

Enhancing the neighboorhood’s natural site conditions and oceanfront connection

Reversing the repetative neglected indoor / outdoor relationship and extending into nature, maximizing views.

The mission of the Institute is to provide information and education to the public, monitor the conditions of the

coastline N and S of Bay Head, conduct environmental study and research, and manage dune protection/beach

preservation. By splitting and lifting the program, the intention is to breakdown the coastline wall while also

creating usuable natural spaces below. The apendages, punctured with infinite openings, splay towards the

ocean to exploit views and act as a virtual bridge to the beach.

Bay Head, New Jersey


529-533 Jackson StreetHoboken, New JerseyNew 5 Story Building, 16 Residential Units . . . 30,500sf


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