Curtis + Ginsberg Architects
Providing 296 units of affordable housing and over 30,700 Square Feet of commercial and community facility space, the project is shaped by its iconic East Harlem Site. The RFP consisted of two separate sites, and required that the two buildings be designed to meet the PassivHaus and EGC standards, with the goal to reach 80% carbon reduction by 2050. Two colleagues and I provided the work for all elements of this RFP.
My work began on this project in the pre-design phase, and continues as my tea m and I approach the end of SD. The project will contain 130 units of affordable senior housing in a PassivHaus building totaling over 120,000 Square Feet. The design of the building borrows from its elegant neighborhood of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn; Home to a wide variety of buildings of various sizes and typographies.
Providing affordable housing for seniors in Astoria, Queens, the RFP requested that respondents aimed to meet PassivHaus standards. Being as it was located in the most diverse community on the planet, elements of many cultures were taken into consideration to provide a welcoming environment for its senior inhabitants. Three colleagues and I provided the work for all elements of this RFP..
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