Monday, September 15, 2014

Analysis



Brooklyn Site

I'm choosing to design my Urban Eatery for the Brooklyn site.

dumbo site

Borough: Brooklyn     Block: 200    Lot: 7502     Police Precinct: 84
Landuse: Mixed Residential and Commercial Buildings
Zoning: M1-2
Zoning Map #: 12D

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Building Typology



1.       Which building typology you are researching?
a.        urban eatery
2.       Why are you researching this building typology?
a.        An enclosed urban eatery is something new to New York. I find the idea of number of restaurants becoming an attraction for the community and tourists very appealing. It hasn’t yet come to Brooklyn and will be a great addition to the Brooklyn Bridge Park.
3.       What is the specialty of this building type you would like to research i.e. museum for dance, school for digital media…
a.        Urban eatery, culinary school, rooftop restaurant
4.       What are the examples that you will be researching… list the examples, location and architect  (10 examples)
a.        Chelsea Market 

b.       Eataly Restaurants 


c.        the Barlow in Sebastopol 
 
d.       Union Market in Washington 



e.        The Plaza Food Hall in New York City 
 
f.        The Source in Denver 
 
g.       Urban Eatery 

 
h.       The Eaton Centre 
 
i.         Central World Food Court 
 
j.        Natural Gourmet Institute
5.       What are you goals for working with this building type?
a.        Creating an environment that brings family, friends, tourist, chefs and restaurants together. 
b.       Add character and design a great addition to Brooklyn Heights and the Brooklyn Bridge Park.
c.     Adding more  sources of culinary education to Brooklyn.
6.       What are the program elements that you see included at this point in your building? (may evolve once more research is done)
a.        Classroom 
b.       Food court 
c.        Restroom 
d.       Sitting area (outdoor) 
e.        Offices 
f.        Kitchen 
g.       Restaurant 
h.       Elevator