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Timber Adaptive Reuse Theater
Timber Adaptive Reuse Theater
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States
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Timber Adaptive Reuse Theater
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2021
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
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The project exemplifies low carbon design thinking in three major ways—First, in the evolution of our existing building stock to support an innovative new use, simultaneously reducing demolition waste and engaging with the history of the site. Second, in leveraging low-carbon alternatives to standard construction practices in the required structural insertions. And finally, in repurposing removed building materials to create architectural features, while minimizing the use of virgin materials. Wood becomes the dominant feature both in the introduction of new, and in the restoration and re-introduction of old.
Originally a heavy industrial site housing a metal foundry from the early 1900s, this double truss, heavy timber and brick building was once a part of a compound of three connected buildings which formed the Royal Metal Furniture Company. Upon its closure, it was used for many years as warehouse and storage facilities, and most recently as small art studios and office space before the Mercury Store’s retrofit into a new developmental space for theater artists.
The retrofit opens up previously subdivided spaces, allowing sunlight to reach all corners of the large square footprint, and penetrate into the cellar level. The building's existing material palette becomes a primary part of the interior. In addition to the trusses—which were left exposed in their original finish, the existing industrial doors were all salvaged, to be used within the existing layout. The building was insulated from the exterior to allow the existing brick to become a primary feature on the interior.
This project represents the first use of CLT on a fully commercial adaptive reuse building in NYC. Installing it in an existing building, with the existing roof trusses remaining in-place, meant the existing timber structure was used to support a gantry crane, allowing the new CLT slabs to be slid into place through an opening in the masonry walls.
Originally a heavy industrial site housing a metal foundry from the early 1900s, this double truss, heavy timber and brick building was once a part of a compound of three connected buildings which formed the Royal Metal Furniture Company. Upon its closure, it was used for many years as warehouse and storage facilities, and most recently as small art studios and office space before the Mercury Store’s retrofit into a new developmental space for theater artists.
The retrofit opens up previously subdivided spaces, allowing sunlight to reach all corners of the large square footprint, and penetrate into the cellar level. The building's existing material palette becomes a primary part of the interior. In addition to the trusses—which were left exposed in their original finish, the existing industrial doors were all salvaged, to be used within the existing layout. The building was insulated from the exterior to allow the existing brick to become a primary feature on the interior.
This project represents the first use of CLT on a fully commercial adaptive reuse building in NYC. Installing it in an existing building, with the existing roof trusses remaining in-place, meant the existing timber structure was used to support a gantry crane, allowing the new CLT slabs to be slid into place through an opening in the masonry walls.
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