HMA | GREEN

hMa | HANRAHAN MEYERS ARCHITECTS | DESIGN IS A FRAME TO NATURE.

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holley house
juliana curran terian pratt pavilion
interpretive center
battery park city master plan
university hall
hunts point
hMa office

project: Battery Park City Master Plan
location: Battery Park City, North Neighborhood, NY
size: Battery Park City Authority
date: 1997-present
contact: hMa hanrahanMeyers architects

In 1997 hanrahanMeyers architects (hMa) were hired as the official Master Plan Architects for Battery Park City Authority’s North Neighborhood. hMa were responsible for achieving several milestones in the development of the most radical forward-thinking urban master plan in the United States.

The North Neighborhood is the location of the first Green Hi-Rise Residential tower in the United States. When Battery Park City is built out it will include a total of 4 million square feet of sustainable construction, with even its parks maintained without chemical pesticides or fertilizer.

As Masterplan Architects for Battery Park City’s North Neighborhood, hMa acheived the following milestones:

2009

- hMa are design architects for new 60,000sf Platinum LEED certified Community Center Design for sites 23 and 24.

2007

- Design Guidelines for Riverhouse: 28 story green residential tower; 490 condo units.

- Design Guidelines for Poets House, NYC Public Library branch library, and World Hunger Learning Center.

2006

- Design Guidelines for sites 23 and 24, for two new LEED certified high-rise residential towers.

2005

- Publication of updated Residential Environmental Guidelines

2004

- Environmental Excellence Award to Battery Park City (BPC) for: Development of Environmental Guidelines, Construction and maintenance of Teardrop Park, and construction of the ‘Solaire’. At completion, BPC will have 3 million square feet of sustainable housing, and 2 million square feet of commercial green development.

2003

- Design Guidelines for the Solaire: first LEED certified residential tower constructed in the United States.

- Residential Environmental Guidelines Independent Cost Impact Study

2002

- Battery Park City published the Commercial / Institutional Guidelines.

- hMa participated in the development of new Planning Concepts for Improving Linkages between Battery Park City and downtown NYC. Report includes Planning; Traffic Assessment; and Engineering Assessment.

2001

- Design Guidelines for 22 River Terrace: 27 story residential high-rise building. 324 rental units.

2000

- hMa, Van Valkenberg Associates: Schematic Design report for Teardrop Park

- hMa published revised Design Guidelines for the North Residential Neighborhood.

- Design Guidelines for The Hallmark. 14-story residential high-rise building, Retirement Living.

- Battery Park City Authority published the Residential Environmental Guidelines, currently in its third revision.

1999

- hMa report summarizes existing and proposed Design Guidelines for the North Neighborhood.

1998

- Design Guidelines for Tribeca Bridge Tower. 25-story multi-use high-rise. 151 residential units/retail/New York City Public School PS / IS 89.

Teardrop Park by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
master plan design by hanrahan Meyers architects LLP

left: existing site plan
right: Battery Park City North Neighborhood, aerial rendering

left: conceptual sketch
right: sightlines diagram

left: massing model
right: site plan

massing model

view from the Hudson river

site plan isometric

left: landscape model for Teardrop Park vy van Valkenburgh and Associates
right: site plan

aerial photograph of the Battery Park City North Neighborhood

Rockefeller Park by Oehme, van Sweden and Associates

views of the Solaire, the first Green high-rise apartment building, designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates

Teardrop Park

left: looking downtown from North end Avenue
right: North End Avenue Esplanade Park

aerial view of ballfields and glass arcade

sketch of arcade wall
Battery Park City Community Center by hanrahan Meyers architects LLP

Battery Park City Community Center : night view

aerial view of model

Sustainable Design Features - Platinum LEED Rating:

1. Rainwater Recovery on Plaza and ballfields.
2. Extensive use of direct and reflected natural daylighting and artifical lighting place energy usage 35% below ASHRAE standards.
3. Heat receovery from pool room.
4. High efficiency condensing boilers with low flue gas temperatures.
5. Greywater loop to cooling tower.
6. Displacement ventilation in pool room, gymnasium, and multi-purpose room.
7. Sustainable materials including linoleum, certified wood, recycled and regional materials, and recycled cardio equipment.
8. Innovation in pool sanitation design by saline chlorination and UV disinfection systems.

Battery Park City Community Center: interior view of gymnasium