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Sunnyside Woodside Boys & Girls Club
Sunnyside Woodside Boys & Girls Club
Borough of Queens, NY, United States
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Sunnyside Woodside Boys & Girls Club
Borough of Queens, NY, United States
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2012
This project for a 60,000 sf multi-use community center creates advantages out of an unusual triangular-shaped site. Sunnyside, Queens is a neighborhood remarkable for its wide cultural diversity as well as the sheer quantity of trees and evenly distributed green spaces. It is one of the most livable neighborhoods in all of the five boroughs of New York City.
The ground floor is maximized as retail space, so that the center's operating costs are offset by retail rent. The building has three prominent facades (a rare thing in New York City) and is visible from most points of the neighborhood. Instead of creating an icon out of the volume of the building, we chose to reveal the interior of the building where the functions are most dense: at the stairs and ramps that connect the floors and all of the spaces. On a Saturday morning this space will be filled with kids, and the effect will be like a vertical public park, with overlapping activities happening. In this regard, it is the perfect monument to the tight-knit community of Sunnyside, Queens.
The ground floor is maximized as retail space, so that the center's operating costs are offset by retail rent. The building has three prominent facades (a rare thing in New York City) and is visible from most points of the neighborhood. Instead of creating an icon out of the volume of the building, we chose to reveal the interior of the building where the functions are most dense: at the stairs and ramps that connect the floors and all of the spaces. On a Saturday morning this space will be filled with kids, and the effect will be like a vertical public park, with overlapping activities happening. In this regard, it is the perfect monument to the tight-knit community of Sunnyside, Queens.
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