Trans-Formal
Red Hook
Date: December 2022
Instructor: Ben Krone
University of Pennsylvania
The Liberty Warehouse: Located directly on the water’s edge, there are expansive views of New York Harbor. The Liberty Warehouse is the only location in all of New York where the Statue of Liberty is face front. However, all the interesting activities is hiding behind the heavy brick wall.
Red hook is a neighborhood that is vibrant on one side and shares the skyline of New York but, on the other side, is away from the bustling core and allows the growth of the vernacular culture. With the aim to reinforce the cultural identity and historical legacy, the design strengthens the unique waterfront view through the spatial technique of layering and tilting in order to facilitate the proximity experience of seeing and living between residents and the neighborhood. Moreover, the project has reactivated the artistic community and the hidden local talents, such as the glass-making brewery, by transforming the liberty warehouse into a cultural hub that reveals the making process. The liberty warehouse becomes a mix of commercial, manufacturer, and residential use, where people can do activities of wine tasting and touring the factory. A sense of hierarchy and boundary is blurred with a more integrated and open relationship making the public more common to the audience.
Plan: An assemble plan shows a combination of a public bar( ground floor), a semi-public winery(second floor), and private housing(third floor) from left to right.
South Façade Elevation: South Facade shows a reappropriation of existing brickwork. The open glass front captures the winery culture of the red hook by revealing the whole making process and from manufacture to final delivery to the bar below. See the whole process all at once; This is the best name card that represents identity of the neighborhood.