Studio Libeskind selected to design new affordable Senior Housing in Brooklyn

Senior Housing in Brooklyn

Studio Libeskind has been selected as part of the design team to create 197 affordable housing units and provide more than 10,000 square feet of community space for residents at the Sumner Houses in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Senior Housing in Brooklyn
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The team includes Selfhelp Community Services, RiseBoro Community Partnership, and Urban Builders Collaborative/Lettire.The project contributes to Housing New York 2.0’s “Seniors First” program, a commitment to build senior housing on NYCHA-owned land. The Project is a Partnership with New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), Selfhelp Community Services, RiseBoro, and Urban Builders Collaborative/Lettire.

Senior Housing in Brooklyn
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For the duration of the 99-year ground lease, the apartments at Sumner Houses will be affordable to extremely low, very low, and low-income individuals. Located in the park-like setting of the existing Sumner Houses campus, the building will feature 129,928 square feet of affordable senior housing within 10 stories, coupled with a ground-level community facility of 10,285 square feet along Marcus Garvey Blvd.The design features a dynamic, yet rational, geometric form that is interrupted with a pattern of open and solid elements.

Senior Housing in Brooklyn
Image © Studio Libeskind

The design team’s goal was to create an active interaction with the street and surrounding context. Bold diagonal lines wrap the building at angles that rise from the ground, creating a folding form that breaks down the massing at street-level. A glazed entrance lobby creates a transparent and open connection to the street. The residential facility is organized as a courtyard building, with corridors looking inward toward a central green public space. Construction is slated to be completed by 2020. Source and images Courtesy of Studio Libeskind.

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