Office Conversion

Critics: Alexander Garvin & Ryan Salvatore

Semester: Spring 2018

This proposal is a model for the adaptation of post-war high rise office buildings into mixed-use vertical neighborhoods with the potential to generate more than 15,000 new dwelling units in Manhattan.

Permanent changes in work culture have already rendered a large amounts of architecture outdated for office use. This market-adaptive renovation strategy leans on the addition of shared amenity space to ensure a financially and ecologically sustainable preservation of existing buildings in Manhattan. The W.R. Grace Building exemplifies the standard middle-core office building, making it a viable example for the prototype.

Team: Samantha Monge-Kaser, & Miguel Sanchez-Enkerlin