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One Jackson Square

Born from the idiosyncrasies and scale of New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood, AIA National Chapter Honor Award winner, One Jackson Square, responds in dramatic fashion to its celebrated locale.

Home to the highest concentration of early architecture in New York City, the historic district of Greenwich Village requires that new structures respect its existing architecture, the artistic life within its boundaries, and the history that permeates its streets. Formerly a surface parking lot, the six-sided, split-zone site above two subway tunnels posed significant challenges, which the design of the 30-unit luxury residential development negotiated through its massing, material expression, and robust foundation.

From north to south, the building volume steps down from 11 stories to seven stories accommodating the zoning laws and mediating the varied scales of the neighborhood. Undulating bands of glass identify individual floors, creating a ribbon-like series of convexities and concavities along the street wall. The predominantly masonry structures of the immediate surroundings, along with the park, are “played back” in the glazed façade, creating an intimacy of scale congruent with the local context through juxtaposition.

The fluid form of the façade is reprised in the lobby, where a bamboo-clad volume is conceived as a block of wood eroded over time by the ebb and flow of residents, much like a river erodes its banks.

Plentiful natural light flows through low-e glazing that minimizes solar heat gain, allowing for the use of highly efficient heating and cooling systems. Along with a green roof, recycled materials, and transit and bicycle-friendly design, this helped earn One Jackson Square LEED Silver certification.

Location

New York, NY, USA

Client

Hines

Team

SLCE (Associate Architect)

Size

6,000 m2 / 65,000 ft2

Units

30 Residences

Certification

LEED Silver

Awards

Honor Award for Architecture (AIA National 2011), Honor Award (AIA New York 2013), Award of Merit: Residential Large Projects (AIA New York State 2010), Building of the Year Finalist: Housing-Finalist- (ArchDaily 2011), Award: Residential Developments -Finalist- (MIPIM 2011), Future Projects Award-Commendation- (MIPIM Architectural Review 2007), Urban Contextual Award (SARA NY 2010), American Architecture Award (The Chicago Athenaeum 2010)

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Project Type:Residential
Project Location:Americas