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300 Ashland
300 Ashland
Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States
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300 Ashland
Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States
Firm
STATUS
Under Construction
SIZE
300,000 sqft - 500,000 sqft
BUDGET
$50M - 100M
The new mixed-use 300 Ashland building will define the gateway to BAM and the new cultural district, and create a new street-level civic space.
Occupying the south portion of a triangular site at the intersection of Flatbush, Ashland, and Lafayette Avenues in downtown Brooklyn, the slim footprint of the building leaves most of the site to a new 15,000 square foot public plaza. The building base is a series of exterior, terraced levels that create an active, urban and public experience along Flatbush. These terraces will be landscaped to screen the traffic noise from Flatbush and create a strong visual connection to the Grand Plaza. With several public entrances, the porous building aims to facilitate an easy flow of people into and out of the cultural and retail spaces. In addition, the stepped topography of the plaza can be used for outdoor programming, such as film screenings and dance performances or farmer’s markets.
The first few floors of the tower consist of 50,000 square feet for cultural tenants, such as the performing arts organization 651 Arts, Brooklyn Academy of Music cinemas, and a new branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. The tower will also house retail space and rental apartments, 20% of which are affordable housing.
As an elevated extension of the public walk, the plaza affords the community and cultural spaces with “street level” entries and the necessary public access to ensure their vibrancy. Additionally, folding the civic plaza upwards allows the retail to line the full perimeter of the base, avoiding an internalized “mall organization.” With activity to 360-degrees of the site, the design connects all spaces and programs to the city around.
The 32-story tower is articulated as three volumes: a central circulation spine and two flanking volumes, where the apartments are located. The tower and the building base are unified by a continuous folding skin of perforated metal, which will pick up the colors of the surrounding streets, buildings and sky, and thereby putting the focus where it should be—on the activated streetscape and life of the city.
In 2002, TEN Arquitectos won a competition to design the Brooklyn Visual and Performing Arts Library at this same site. While the project did not obtain the required funding, TEN’s vision for a vibrant cultural heart and newly energized streetscape will be realized with the DBCD South project.
- General contractor/ enterprise: NA
- Consultants (structures, facilities, equipments, hydraulics, electrical, lighting, Landscape…)
1. Structural: Rosenwasser/Grossman
2. MEP: Ettinger Engineering Associates
3. Civil Engineer: Philip Habib & Associates
4. Landscape Design: Workshop: Ken Smith Landscape Architect
5. Geotechnical: Langan Engineering & Environmental Services
6. Expeditor: William Vitacco Associates
- Materials: Facade: Unitized Dry Gasket Rainscreen Wall System. Finish: Composite Aluminum Panel.
- Building works:
- wooden works:
- iron works:
- furniture:
- fixtures:
- Exterior finishes: (floors, plasters,waterproofing…):
- Interior finishes (floors, plasters, waterproofing…):
- furniture included (if provided): for example bathroom and kitchen:
- technological system (heating and cooling, fire system, lighting…):
Occupying the south portion of a triangular site at the intersection of Flatbush, Ashland, and Lafayette Avenues in downtown Brooklyn, the slim footprint of the building leaves most of the site to a new 15,000 square foot public plaza. The building base is a series of exterior, terraced levels that create an active, urban and public experience along Flatbush. These terraces will be landscaped to screen the traffic noise from Flatbush and create a strong visual connection to the Grand Plaza. With several public entrances, the porous building aims to facilitate an easy flow of people into and out of the cultural and retail spaces. In addition, the stepped topography of the plaza can be used for outdoor programming, such as film screenings and dance performances or farmer’s markets.
The first few floors of the tower consist of 50,000 square feet for cultural tenants, such as the performing arts organization 651 Arts, Brooklyn Academy of Music cinemas, and a new branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. The tower will also house retail space and rental apartments, 20% of which are affordable housing.
As an elevated extension of the public walk, the plaza affords the community and cultural spaces with “street level” entries and the necessary public access to ensure their vibrancy. Additionally, folding the civic plaza upwards allows the retail to line the full perimeter of the base, avoiding an internalized “mall organization.” With activity to 360-degrees of the site, the design connects all spaces and programs to the city around.
The 32-story tower is articulated as three volumes: a central circulation spine and two flanking volumes, where the apartments are located. The tower and the building base are unified by a continuous folding skin of perforated metal, which will pick up the colors of the surrounding streets, buildings and sky, and thereby putting the focus where it should be—on the activated streetscape and life of the city.
In 2002, TEN Arquitectos won a competition to design the Brooklyn Visual and Performing Arts Library at this same site. While the project did not obtain the required funding, TEN’s vision for a vibrant cultural heart and newly energized streetscape will be realized with the DBCD South project.
- General contractor/ enterprise: NA
- Consultants (structures, facilities, equipments, hydraulics, electrical, lighting, Landscape…)
1. Structural: Rosenwasser/Grossman
2. MEP: Ettinger Engineering Associates
3. Civil Engineer: Philip Habib & Associates
4. Landscape Design: Workshop: Ken Smith Landscape Architect
5. Geotechnical: Langan Engineering & Environmental Services
6. Expeditor: William Vitacco Associates
- Materials: Facade: Unitized Dry Gasket Rainscreen Wall System. Finish: Composite Aluminum Panel.
- Building works:
- wooden works:
- iron works:
- furniture:
- fixtures:
- Exterior finishes: (floors, plasters,waterproofing…):
- Interior finishes (floors, plasters, waterproofing…):
- furniture included (if provided): for example bathroom and kitchen:
- technological system (heating and cooling, fire system, lighting…):
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