Metals in construction: редевелопмент офисной башни
конкурс
международный
открытый
dead-line регистрации:
15.02.2023
dead-line подачи проектов:
15.02.2023
тема:
Архитектура
страна:
США
открыт для:
профессионалов и студентов
регистрационный взнос:
да
сумма:
от $125
награда:
главный приз - $15000
организатор:
Metals in Construcrion Magazine
ссылки:
Metals in Construction magazine 2023 Design Challenge
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Источник: metalsinconstruction.org
пресс-релиз:
The cultural change in office use brought on by the pandemic amidst a widespread housing shortage suggests redevelopment opportunities that can be explored through the lens of a speculative design competition. This is the theme of the Metals in Construction magazine 2023 Design Challenge, which awards a $15,000 grand prize to the most innovative design concept illustrating the feasibility of redeveloping an office tower for residential use.
Background:
When office towers lose tenants to market rivals, owners usually resort to makeovers. A move to remote work has changed this. With office occupancy barely above 40% of pre-pandemic levels, and tenants finding work-from-anywhere policies increasingly making economic sense, building owners look for more viable occupancies elsewhere. Redeveloping their properties for residential use is one option. But in buildings where the distance from exterior wall to elevator lobby is 50 feet or more, laying out efficient apartments can be too great a challenge. These dimensions are characteristic of many mid-20th century steel-and-glass office towers; owners are likely to view non-residential prospects as less risky. Given the severity of the housing shortage in many cities, encouraging owners to pursue residential opportunities instead would be very advantageous. Is this possible? Is it feasible?
Your Challenge:
The Metals in Construction magazine 2023 Design Challenge seeks to explore these questions by generating ideas for the innovative redevelopment of a steel-and-glass office tower to create desirable residential occupancy. It invites students and practitioners to enter their vision for an efficient, imaginative layout and technical solution that adapts an existing 48-story New York City office tower into residential units that can be rented or sold at market rate.
About the site:
Concepts are to be based on 1633 Broadway, a 48-story office tower and legitimate theater complex located in New York City’s famed Theater District.
Bordered by 51st and 52nd streets, the 2.5-million-square-foot building has a typical bay span of 25 feet and floor-to-floor height of 12 feet. Click here to view a typical floor plate of the building. Redevelopment concepts may alter the structural frame, building core and/or vertical circulation to achieve the design they envision. Entrants may, if desired, consider the existing glass-and-steel curtainwall to have served its useful life (common for this era of curtainwall buildings) and include replacement in their design concept. The site for this ideas competition was chosen for its potential as a case study and in no way represents the location of an actual building project.
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