Soundview Terminal tal-Ferry by Shiyan Chen

Soundview Terminal tal-Ferry by Shiyan Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż in Disinn tal-Arkitettura, Bini u Strutturi Competition Category.

BronżArkitettura· 2022

Soundview Terminal tal-Ferry

by Shiyan Chen

Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż Winner in Arkitettura Category

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The Design

About Soundview Terminal tal-Ferry

Soundview huwa terminal tal-ferry ddisinjat bħala kumpless b'użu mħallat fuq sit fuq ix-xatt fil-Bronx, New York City. Tliet volumi ta' bini huma miġbura flimkien tul ix-xatt ħdejn baċir eżistenti, u jiffurmaw bitħa parzjalment magħluqa għal suq fil-beraħ u avvenimenti pubbliċi. Żewġ mogħdijiet fil-livell ta' l-art jippermettu moviment lejn is-suq u lejn il-baċir tal-inżul. Il-livelli ta' fuq, li huma akbar, huma konnessi ma' xulxin u joffru spazji sħaħ fl-għoli, mdawla b'mod naturali, għal inkubazzjoni ta' negozji żgħar, uffiċċji u ħżin. Is-sulari ta' fuq b'forma "cantilever" huma sostnuti minn qafas spazjali li jistrieħ fuq kolonni li jinfirxu bħal mravat.

The Recognition

About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż

Soundview Terminal tal-Ferry huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż ħafna mogħti lil disinji eċċellenti ddistingwuti mill-kreattività, l-ingenwità u l-għaqal. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Bronż huma xogħlijiet bi ħila biżżejjed u kreattivi b'mod impressjonanti li jawtentikaw l-esperjenza vasta, l-immaġinazzjoni u l-ħila ta' riżorsi tad-disinjaturi tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Soundview Terminal tal-Ferry ikun oġġett imqabbar ħafna, mammirat u maħbub, notevolment professjonali u innovattiv. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Bronż jinkorporaw l-aħjar prattiki fl-arti, ix-xjenza, id-disinn u t-teknoloġija u huwa eċċellenti fl-attenzjoni għad-dettalji. Soundview Terminal tal-Ferry jissodisfa l-ħtiġijiet b'mod eċċellenti, imiss ix-xewqat, jinċanta s-sentimenti u jattira l-kurżità.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The proposal features three building volumes clustered along the waterfront by an existing dock in Soundview, creating an intimate semi-enclosed courtyard for an outdoor market and public events. The two passageways on the ground level allows for flow into the market as well as towards the waterfront and the landing dock for ferry transportation. The larger upper levels of the three buildings are connected, each offering full height, naturally-lit spaces for small business incubation, offices, and storage.
Dimensions & Packaging: The ground level of the complex features 600-square-meter warehouse space, 380-square-meter events and administrative spaces, and 100-square-meter ferry waiting room. The upper level features 4 commercial incubators totaling 475 square meters, 500-square-meter warehouse space, and 710-square-meter lobby, huddle space and circulation space.
Tags: Market, Ferry, Commercial
Production Technology: Since the complex is designed to offer an intimate, semi-enclosed outdoor space for the market while also allowing adequate flow from the ferry dock to the neighborhood, it has a small footprint divided into individual spaces on the ground level. The upper level, however, has a large open connected space for best productivity and communication among the incubators. This means that the upper parts of the building are cantilevered and is realized through a space frame structure supported by fanning columns.
Design Challenge: The main challenge is to incorporate the variety of program in one complex that also utilizes the waterfront location for both its spatial and scenic values. The market component of the program asks for a fluid connection between the indoor and outdoor spaces, which also serves the transit function of the ferry terminal. Another design challenge is the inversion of traditional indoor and outdoor spatial qualities. The outdoor space is intimate and while the indoor space is open and vast.
Research: The design seeks to create a sense of intimacy and spontaneity of free-flowing informal markets in the cervices of a dense urban fabric. The designer studied Emile Zola’s realist novel The Belly of Paris as an example and selected multiple materials for a paneling system to emulate the material variety and historical patina of buildings described by Zola.
Inspiration: The old, crumbling yet incredibly vivid and intimate architecture and streetscape of Paris described by Emile Zola in his book The Belly of Paris serves as the main inspiration for this mixed used design combing an outdoor market, a commuter ferry terminal, and incubator spaces for restaurant industry entrepreneurs.
Project Duration: The project was conceived in the fall of 2017 for a site in Soundview, Bronx in New York City.
Operation Flow: This complex serves commuters who take the Soundview ferry to their workplace across New York City. In the morning, they wait for the ferry in the waiting room at the east end of the complex. After a day of work, they walk from the ferry dock and through an outdoor plaza towards the waterfront market, which features local produce and creative products developed by the food incubators housed on the upper level of the building. After shopping at the market and thus supporting the incubators, they will walk through the underpass at the west end of the complex towards their homes or local public transit stops in the area.
Team Members: Shiyan Chen