Marion Fiona Gentil

AR3019

Manhattan Commissionner's plan

The real estate mind is the core of the Commissionners' Plan of 1807 of Manhattan. One century after, massive waves of migrants has densified the urban fabric until the double decker: a stretched building with tiny air sahfts and bandit's alleys. This project aims to fit this typology to the actual New Yorker's needs : small flats, private washroom, a lust for luminosity, a wish of a pedestrian grid while preserving the heritage of the commissionners' streets.


Report Content

Cover

Analysis of unit housing : the double decker

Design targets : FAR and density of population

Criteria : Ground exposure

Criteria : Volume

Criteria : Typology

Architectural intentions & Methodology

First experiment : building

Second experiment : drawing room

Design proposal