Pierhouse & 1 Hotel
Pierhouse and 1 Hotel, located in the heart of Brooklyn Bridge Park between Furman Street and the East River, comprises a 106-unit condominium, 300-car below-grade parking garage, 17,000 SF event space, and 195-key hotel within a 620,000 SF complex of connected buildings ranging from four to ten stories.
One of the driving decisions during the competition was for every unit to have a waterfront view. To achieve this, every unit is a duplex, accessed by a single-loaded "skip-stop" corridor, allowing upper or lower floors respectively to be floor-through. ©Evan Joseph
All units are floor-through with east and west exposures, providing natural ventilation that filters harbor breezes through the building from park to street. ©Evan Joseph
©Evan Joseph
©Evan Joseph
Every residential unit enjoys double-height living rooms. ©Evan Joseph
Working collaboratively with the client to balance simplicity with luxury, Marvel selected a palette of walnut cabinetry, polished marble counters, and reclaimed heart pine flooring. ©Evan Joseph
Residential modules
A differentiation of units results from interlocking residential modules.
Hotel Lobby Interior
©Eric Laignel
©Eric Laignel
©Eric Laignel
1 Hotel Rooftop Terrace
1 Hotel Terrace View
1 Hotel Terrace View
Reclaimed granite blocks at grade provide seating beneath large-caliper shade trees and extend the park experience up to and into the hotel. Park topography is repeated at second and third floor terraces, while the materiality of the Brooklyn Bridge is picked up in the cleft granite facing of the base and interiors. The sheer window walls reflect and meld sky, park, river, bridge, and bustling Brooklyn neighborhood. Extending the park into the hotel takes the hotel experience out to the park and beyond, resulting in an altogether symbiotic relationship.
The length of the building heightens the primary design challenge of Pierhouse and 1 Hotel, which was to create a private development which connects the city to a park.
Pierhouse as seen from Brooklyn Bridge Park.
©David Sundberg/ESTO
Pierhouse/Pier One as seen from Pier Two and the East River.
At 620,000-square-feet, the Pierhouse complex completes Pier 1’s transformation from marine terminal to public park, creating a new model of urban living and public/private partnership. ©David Sundberg/ESTO
Natural Ventilation - Building Section
All residential units are floor-through with east and west exposures, providing natural ventilation that filters harbor breezes through the building from Park to Street. This porosity continues at grade, where public walkways through the building connect Furman Street and the Park.
Plan and Elevation Diagram
Pierhouse is made up of a 106-unit condominium, a 300-car below-grade parking garage, a 17,000 SF event space, and a 195-key hotel within a 620,000 SF complex of connected buildings which range from four to ten stories.
West Elevation Facing Brooklyn Bridge Park
Pierhouse integrates the built and natural environment to address the need for increased resiliency. In response to Superstorm Sandy, the design team amplified topography and landscape features to raise the building’s entry elevation by four feet while maintaining a vital connection to the park and street. ©David Sundberg/ESTO
One of three public passageways through the buildings.
The form of the building allows for eddies and areas of interaction with the public park. ©David Sundberg/ESTO
Conceptual diagrams from the competition entry.
This porosity continues at grade, where public walkways through the building connect Furman Street and the park. The lobbies are graced with granite desks sculpted from the same quarry in Halloran, Maine that was used to build The Brooklyn Bridge. ©David Sundberg/ESTO
Marvel Architects designed Pierhouse to perform as an extension of Brooklyn Bridge Park—a verdant backdrop recalling the high, sandy bank of pre-colonial Brooklyn Heights. ©David Sundberg/ESTO
Residential terraces as seen from the roof.
The complex features green roofs and a variety of pathways to access the park. ©David Sundberg/ESTO
The residential buildings employ variations of sixteen-foot modules of distinct duplex houses with terraces on the park and harbor views.
Landscape extends into and up the building allowing a connection with the natural environment. ©David Sundberg/ESTO
East Elevation facing Furman Street
The ten-story complex includes a 195-key luxury hotel, 106 residential units, 300 parking spaces, two restaurants, retail, Park offices, rooftop pool, and a 17,000 square-foot event space.
- Location
- Brooklyn, New York
- Client
- Toll Brothers City Living
- Typology
- Residential, Sustainable , Residential Market
- Size
- 621,138 (entire project), 160,451 (Hotel), 287,746 (90 Furman Street Condo), 172,941 (130 Furman Street Condo) SF
- Design Team
- Jonathan Marvel, Guido Hartray, Dennis Vermeulen, Andrew Torres, JS Yong
- Consultants
- Dagher Engineering (MEP), DeSimone Structural Engineers, AKRF (Acoustical), Clevenger Frabel LaVallee (Food Service), Gilsanz Murray Steficek (Facade), Langan (Civil), Marvel (Residential Interior Design), Michael van Valkenburgh (Landscape)
- Photography Credits
- David Sundberg/ESTO, Eric Laignel and Evan Joseph
