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Manhattan College Student Union
Manhattan College Student Union
Bronx, Bronx County, NY, United States
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Manhattan College Student Union
Bronx, Bronx County, NY, United States
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2016
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10K - 50K
The site is a steeply sloping triangle just south of the main entrance to the Manhattan College campus. It occupies a prominent location at a bend in Manhattan College Parkway and the building’s design acknowledges that by featuring a dramatic glass stair enclosure that will be seen by vehicles and pedestrians traveling down the Parkway. The project is a five story building of approximately 70,000 gross SF. The structural system will primarily be flat plate concrete with a long span steel structure over an assembly space at the top floor. The site features an existing stone retaining wall along the west property line at Waldo Avenue. The intent is to stabilize that wall with a new secant pile wall at its base prior to the execution of excavation and foundation work. Foundations will consist of a combination of drilled piles into rock, and spread footings bearing on the glacial till stratum.
The first floor will contain food service venues and re- lated seating, along with a loading dock off the parking lot and mechanical and storage rooms. The seating area will be connected up to a large lounge area on the second level by means of open stairs. In addition to the lounge area, the second level will contain the college store, a suite of offices, and the main building entry at the north end. The third floor contains a fitness center with locker rooms along with a suite of offices and meeting rooms. The fourth floor contains a commercial kitchen adjacent to the faculty dining room. The faculty dining room is adjacent to two meeting rooms with movable partitions to create a flexible space for one large function or multiple smaller functions. The fourth floor also contains a suite of student activity offices and work rooms. The fifth floor is taken up mostly by a large assembly space with a capacity of 700 that can be subdivided into three smaller spaces by Skyfold partitions. The balance of that floor is taken up with support spaces (furniture storage, toilets, and pantry).
Because the best views are to the east, the building east walls will consist mostly of glass. Measures will be taken to minimize heat gain and glare. The south and west facades of the building will generally be more traditional masonry with punched openings to relate both to adjacent residential buildings and the tradiitional architecture of the main campus.
The proposed design is based on the following ideas and principles:
a. Encouraging circulation through the building. The building is located on a prime pedestrian route connecting the main campus to the College’s facilities to the south. We are providing inviting entrances at the south end of the lowest level of the building and thenorth end at the next level up, both of which are grade level conditions due to the sloping site.
The first floor will contain food service venues and re- lated seating, along with a loading dock off the parking lot and mechanical and storage rooms. The seating area will be connected up to a large lounge area on the second level by means of open stairs. In addition to the lounge area, the second level will contain the college store, a suite of offices, and the main building entry at the north end. The third floor contains a fitness center with locker rooms along with a suite of offices and meeting rooms. The fourth floor contains a commercial kitchen adjacent to the faculty dining room. The faculty dining room is adjacent to two meeting rooms with movable partitions to create a flexible space for one large function or multiple smaller functions. The fourth floor also contains a suite of student activity offices and work rooms. The fifth floor is taken up mostly by a large assembly space with a capacity of 700 that can be subdivided into three smaller spaces by Skyfold partitions. The balance of that floor is taken up with support spaces (furniture storage, toilets, and pantry).
Because the best views are to the east, the building east walls will consist mostly of glass. Measures will be taken to minimize heat gain and glare. The south and west facades of the building will generally be more traditional masonry with punched openings to relate both to adjacent residential buildings and the tradiitional architecture of the main campus.
The proposed design is based on the following ideas and principles:
a. Encouraging circulation through the building. The building is located on a prime pedestrian route connecting the main campus to the College’s facilities to the south. We are providing inviting entrances at the south end of the lowest level of the building and thenorth end at the next level up, both of which are grade level conditions due to the sloping site.
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