155th & Broadway • NYC
University of Miami School of Architecture
Audubon Terrace is a historic landmark situated on 156th Street & Broadway in Upper Manhattan. The project is the result of the demolition of the current school and the client’s desire to build a Hispanic Cultural Center. The terrace is accessed through a courtyard without a direct connection to the existing building – due to a slight topography change on the site. The new Cultural Center provides a green courtyard which addresses the existing one on the same floor; the circulation space is designed around a new tree. Solar panels provide 20% of the total building energy. Natural ventilation completes the repertoire of environmental devices; a massive screen, slanted toward the street, catches the wind forces coming from the ocean on the NE of the site.
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