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Grid Bank

YEAR:Spring 2013

SIZE:28000 SF

LOCATION:Downtown Brooklyn, NYC

 

Grid Bank is conceived as a public space where all interi­or functions are defined by a trapezoidal grid. The building form resulted from experiments manipulating section and plan as identical drawings. The plan emphasizes the structural systems of the build­ing which can be clearly understood from its exterior. Users of the building begin to understand the trapezoidal system while walking through each space as the rhythms and scales of the interior are revealed. The ground floor houses traditional bank program such as teller windows and automated teller machines. The upper floors are divided into large stepped platforms that can be rented by small businesses or used by bank employees as offices, conference rooms, etc. On the ground floor, a large mon­umental entrance sits above a glassed-in vault. To enter the first floor, users navigate up the central stair through a large open-air atrium in the center of the building. The entire structure is clad in a semi-permeable steel mesh facade that acts as a sunshade yet still allows for diffused views of the interior spaces.

PROJECT INFO

YEAR: Spring 2013

SIZE: 28000 SF

LOCATION: Downtown Brooklyn, NYC

Grid Bank is conceived as a public space where all interi­or functions are defined by a trapezoidal grid. The building form resulted from experiments manipulating section and plan as identical drawings. The plan emphasizes the structural systems of the build­ing which can be clearly understood from its exterior. Users of the building begin to understand the trapezoidal system while walking through each space as the rhythms and scales of the interior are revealed. The ground floor houses traditional bank program such as teller windows and automated teller machines. The upper floors are divided into large stepped platforms that can be rented by small businesses or used by bank employees as offices, conference rooms, etc. On the ground floor, a large mon­umental entrance sits above a glassed-in vault. To enter the first floor, users navigate up the central stair through a large open-air atrium in the center of the building. The entire structure is clad in a semi-permeable steel mesh facade that acts as a sunshade yet still allows for diffused views of the interior spaces.