NEW COMMUNITY FACILITY
Adam Kroll - Lighting / Electrical - Consultant: Dr. Richard Mistrick - Tech 3: Schematic Design
New York Law School: New Community Facility
General Building Information
185 West Broadway, New York, NY
207,192 SF
6 floors above grade, 4 floors below grade
$80 million total cost estimate
Currently under construction
Spaces include a library, auditorium, classrooms,
offices, dining areas, study areas
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Building Features
Transparent glass façade on northern sides
- Plenty of daylight above grade
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Building Features
Slurry wall allowing four levels below grade
- Spaces below grade include libraries,
classrooms, offices
- Not just service rooms
Architecture:
- Modern
- Professional
- Transparent
- Linear elements
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Building Site Location
Lower Manhattan
(Tribeca)
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Design Scope
1.
Circulation space:
Main Entry Lobby
Level 1
2.
Work space:
Library Stacks & Reading Area
Basement Level 4
3.
Special purpose space:
Main Auditorium
Basement Level 1
4.
Exterior space:
Student Dining & Roof Terrace
Level 5
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Main Entry Lobby: Level 1
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Main Entry Lobby: Architect’s Rendering
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Main Entry Lobby: Features
Clear glass
façade
Exterior
canopy
Vestibule
Information/
security desk
Turnstiles
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Main Entry Lobby: Design Issues
Glass curtainwall
- North-facing daylight
First impression
- The first space that visitors see in the building
- High-quality space
Connection between interior and exterior
- Transparency is a major architectural theme
Use light to guide flow
- Direct people to information desk or turnstiles
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Main Entry Lobby
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Main Entry Lobby: Design
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Main Entry Lobby: Design
Wash wall
Highlight columns
Semi-diffuse
material
Linear elements
travel from
interior to
exterior canopy
Wide-distribution
downlights
Glowing desk
Light turnstiles
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Main Entry Lobby: Design
Ceiling creates a
link between
Interior and
exterior
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Library: Basement Level B4
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Library: Areas
Reading
Areas
Stack areas
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Library: Design Issues
No daylight in space
- Basement level 4
- Floor is 60 feet below grade
Narrow stacks
- Long rows with only 3 feet between shelves
- High vertical illuminance levels needed to identify books
Reading areas
- High horizontal illuminance levels needed for reading/writing tasks
- Eye strain: students may spend long hours reading
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Library: Design Overview
Reading areas
Stack areas
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Library: Reading Area Ambient Lighting
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Library: Reading Area Ambient Lighting
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Library: Reading Area Ambient Lighting
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Library: Reading Area Task Lighting
Images from other projects
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Library: Reading Area
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Library: Reading Area Lighting Equipment
LEDs (low maintenance)
vs.
Fluorescent (low cost)
Subtle variation in panel color to avoid
appearance of “overcast sky”
Task light
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Library: Stacks
Images from other projects
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Library: Stacks
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Library: Stacks Lighting Equipment
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Auditorium: Basement Level 1
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Auditorium: Features
Ramp entry
Additional
seating
Projection
screen
Projection
screens
Podium
Main entry
Tiered seating
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Auditorium: Design Issues
Multi-function space
- Presentations by a speaker or video projection displays
- Writing tasks at student desks
Projection screens
- One in front and two towards back of room
- Pendant fixtures not possible throughout much of space
No daylight in space
- Basement level 1
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Auditorium: Section
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Auditorium Design: Section
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Auditorium Design: Section
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Auditorium Design: Section
Illuminate speaker
Linear downlights
Upward wall wash
from wall panels
Coves
Glowing line where
wall material changes
Wall wash on rear wall
Recessed
step lights
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Auditorium: Detail
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Auditorium Design: Detail
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Auditorium: RCP
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Auditorium Design: RCP
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Auditorium Design: RCP
Linear
downlights
Coves
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Student Dining & Roof Terrace: Level 5
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Dining & Roof Terrace: Architect’s Rendering
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Dining & Roof Terrace: Spaces
Roof terrace
Stairwell
Dining areas
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Dining & Roof Terrace: Features
Clear glass walls
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Dining & Roof Terrace: Design Issues
Clear glass walls
- Lots of northern daylight
- No boundaries between roof terrace and dining area
More relaxed mood than rest of building
- Design can be more playful
Roof terrace visible from street
- Building sits on the corner of W. Broadway and Leonard St.
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Dining & Roof Terrace
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Dining & Roof Terrace
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Dining & Roof Terrace
Pendant design combines
circular and linear elements
Circular fixtures
integrate lighting
with architecture
of the columns
Sconces mirror the
linear elements of
the columns and
windows
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Dining & Roof Terrace
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Dining & Roof Terrace
New York Law School: New Community Facility
Dining & Roof Terrace
Light from inside
provides general
lighting outside
Illuminated railing establishes
perimeter and mirrors the
structure of the glass façade
New York Law School: New Community Facility
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