Objective:
- Save unique traditional architectural style of the city, unit different social types of residents and design a new type of comfortable apartments and common spaces due to the logic of “PRO”, where each of the square meters works.
Residential Complex, New York City
The Snail Apartments
The Snail Apartments is a 10-storey building, located in Chelsey and steps to The High Line, Hudson Yards, restaurants and theaters. The project combines the architectural components from the two neighborhoods. Old New York housing and contemporary glass skyscrapers, creating a complex that both adapts to its surroundings and contributes by adding new distinctive architecture.
2 950 м2
Square meters
2019
Timeline
Concept
Status
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HumanAll in the project encourages public life and a sense of community among the residents. Both the ground and first levels have public access, to ensure a multi-dimensional and multi-functional public space for all users of the building.
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BusinessAll apartments are created due to «PRO» logic, which provides smart and functional space in them.
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UrbanBeside saving unique traditional architectural style of the city, one of the main concept of the project was to unit different social types of residents (Gentrification – the main principle of European architecture).
Type of service
Concept
Location
438 W 38th St, New York, USA
Awards and recognitionsᅠ
REM Awards 2020-2021 – Winner in the nomination "Elite class residential complex"
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2019 The Architecture MasterPrize: Honorable Mention in the Architectural Design - Residential Architecture category
World Architecture Festival 2019: Finalist in nomination Residential - Future Project
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World Architecture Community 31 cycle – Designed Award Winning Architecture Projects
Challenge
Create a new high-quality space for life, while preserving the traditions of the city
Hardships:
- The plot location is right next to Lincoln Tunnel, which provides uncomfortable area withal we should make floor-to-ceiling windows with a view on Hell’s Kitchen district
Solutions:
- The building is horizontally divided into two parts. The lower one maintaining an old traditional New York facades with brick walls which protect our apartments from the Lincoln Tunnel noise. And upper one is fully glassed which is replicate with contemporary glass skyscrapers and provide a perfect window view on a Hell’s Kitchen district
- We designed two recesses, bordering our neighbored building, planted their greenery, which is provide to increase the number of types of apartments and make them more comfortable and functional
Facts and details:
- This is the first New York project, designed due to «PRO» logic
- Also, residential building contains multi-functioned common space, which is changing its function due to the time of the day
- We created a building for a comfortable life with smart common spaces so there is no need to go out to have dinner or meeting or do some sport. Residents already have all this inside the building
- The building includes two floors of «unit» studio-apartments range from 27 to 29 sq.m with own common space and kitchen
- Among 30 apartments, 16 of them are unique
- We introduce one and a half floored apartments in the project
Team:
Kristina Maliiova, Aleksandr Popov, Rustam Gorpeniuk, Volodymyr Ivanov, Olha Chernova, Alexander Simonov