PIERHOUSE & 1 HOTEL
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
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GENERAL INFORMATION
• Name of the project: 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge
• Architect: Marvel Architects
• Area: 57705.6085m²
• Location: United States, Brooklyn
• Seeks LEED silver certification
• Located in heart of Brooklyn bridge park between Furman street and the east river.
• Comprises a 106-unit, 300-car below-grade parking garage, event space, and 195 hotel regular rooms inside connected
buildings ranging from 4 to 10 stories.
FUNCTIONAL AND SPATIAL QUALITY
• The result of the design was successful in achieving functional good spatial quality.
• It has all 5 stars needed functions (different types of rooms, restaurants, pools, yoga studio, and gallery room).
ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION
• The building is divided into 3 main
masses, the first one is 10 stories
building connected with 6 stories
building,
• The last mass is somehow far from
the connected two buildings and has
4 stories.
• The yellow mass is shifted.
CONTEXTUAL RELATIONSHIPS
• The building is harmonious and harmonious with its surroundings.
• The height of the building is similar to its surroundings.
• The external appearance in terms of the materials used in the building
respected the general character of the buildings in the area.
THEMATICAL CONCEPTION
• The 962-foot length of the site creates
the primary design challenge of
Pierhouse and 1 Hotel - to create a
private development that connects the
city and waterfront park. To achieve
this, Marvel Architects designed
Pierhouse to perform as an extension
of Brooklyn Bridge Park - a verdant
backdrop recalling the high, sandy bank
of pre-colonial Brooklyn Heights.
STRUCTURAL SYSTEM
• The superstructure consists of cast-in-place concrete and its supported piles.
• It is a construction technology where building components like walls and slabs are cast at the site by Formwork.
• The site had previously been a bulky commercial warehouse. The building has a continuous bathtub foundation
resting on 1,200 pilings that are driven down 100 feet to bedrock. It also has an orthogonal grid for columns and
spans. Concrete Construction, with glass facades.
characteristics
Good Good Highly
thermal moisture durable
performance protection structure
FLOW OF THE OPENINGS AND
SPACE LIGHTING
Glass façade gives good natural lighting.
Instead of making one large room, they made 2
The concept of natural light is built into the design. The all-glass facades
level rooms to add flow to the rooms allow for daylight. However, the exterior facade and glass reflect the
sunlight away from the building onto the park. The glass The glass
Type 1 Type 2
The design itself
gives a feeling of
freedom
Type 3
MATERIALS AND COLORS AND TEXTURES
Good choices of
material. glass concrete
White gives
minimalist look.
wood water
Different kinds of
pools
greenery steel
PROPORTIONAL INDOOR-OUTDOOR
RELATIONSHIPS RELATIONSHIPS
• Strong indoor-outdoor relationship.
How?
28 modules
Wide windows Using greenery
which allow the in the design+
feeling of being
green roof
connected to
the outside
Park façade Furman street façade
1 2 3 4 5 6
UNIQUENESS OF THE EXPERIENCE
• This Parkside city-side condition informs two distinct façades, innovative residential floor plans, and skip-stop circulation.
The residential buildings employ a repeating sixteen-foot module of distinct duplex houses with terraces on the park and
harbor views. All units are floor-through with east and west exposures, providing natural ventilation that filters harbor
breezes through the building from the park to the street. This porosity continues at grade, where public walkways
through the building connect Furman Street and the park.
• The lobby is being graced with granite desks sculpture from the same quarry in Halloran, Maine that was used to build
The Brooklyn Bridge.
• Situated along the river, well below the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and Brooklyn Bridge walkway, every face of the
building – including the rooftop – is visible to the public. Intensively planted rooftops and terraces serve as the "fifth
façade" of the building, complementing the park for outside viewers and providing recreational space for hotel guests
and residents. Landscaping continues at grade, where ample public pass-throughs are dotted with trees and blocks of
granite that provide shaded seating and extension of the park experience throughout the development. This prominent
topography and intensive planting would become a significant factor in the resiliency of the project.
LANDSCAPE
• Landscape extends into and up the building allowing a connection with the natural
environment.
• Where brownstones first characterized bustling neighborhoods and the white
granite of the Brooklyn Bridge piers spoke of design excellence, Pierhouse could
reference the materiality and ingenuity of the past and connect it to the needs of
the future.
• Sustainable design principles and a desire to connect the park and river to Brooklyn Polypodiales
Heights informed the massing, generous, landscaped terraces and rooftops. The
context of Brownstone Brooklyn inspired the playful pattern of panels on the eastern
elevations, while the stately Brooklyn Bridge towers are echoed in the limestone fins
and arches of the western elevations. Transitions at the southern and northern
elevations between these systems speak to the strength through diversity
engendered in Brooklyn’s past, present, and future. River Birch, Betula nigra
SUSTAINABILITY
• The building was developed under sustainable criteria. The design provides natural ventilation that filters the harbor’s
breezes throughout the building. Green roofs also provide essential needs to the residents living there. On-site planting
and gardening is important to a community.
• The project is designed to achieve LEED Silver
certification and utilizes solar shading at the hotel
façade; daylighting and outdoor views for all guest
rooms, meeting rooms, and event spaces.
• They used lighting controls and motion sensors.
• LED fixtures reduce electrical demands and heat build-
up from lighting.
• High-performance glazing to provide exceptional
acoustical isolation and energy savings
PLANS
ROOMS EXAMPLES
Site plan
Elevation
Plans
conclusion
• The overall design of this building shows how connecting your building design to the urban context can be beneficial. This
design incorporated sustainability, urban context, and even pedestrian connections throughout. They wanted this place to
be a landmark, and that is exactly what it is. Overall, this is a place I want to visit.
OTHERS (CIRCULATION)
Circulation
Horizontal
• Flamingo Dai Lai Resort Vertical
• PHÚC YÊN, VIETNAM Zoning
Shared space area
• Area : 50893 m² Eating area
Guest Rooms
Entertaining
Staff area
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