City Point

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City Point - aerial view
City Point sits at the heart of downtown Brooklyn at the intersection of a diverse collection of neighborhoods and urban uses. Photography by David Sundberg.
City Point - aerial view
The massing of the towers allows for an expansive garden roof and generous openness to the city. Photography by David Sundberg.
City Point - exterior
The scale and materiality of the Fulton Street façade is designed to complement the character of the historic retail street. Photography by David Sundberg.
City Point - exterior
While fully integrated into the mixed use structurethe residential towers were designed with a distinct street presence. Photography by David Sundberg.
City Point - exterior
The Gold Street façade is inspired by Fulton Street Marketa pop-up market created from shipping containers that was located on the site prior to construction. Photography by David Sundberg.
City Point - exterior
This art installation"Fabulous Phil" by artists Steven and William Laddwas created in collaboration with over 1000 participants from 16 schools and institutions in downtown Brooklyn. Photography by David Sundberg.
City Point - exterior
The terracottazincand stainless steel façades recall the historic materials of downtown Brooklyn's iconic retail street. Photography by David Sundberg.
City Point - 7 Dekalb exterior
7 Dekalb is clad with seam zinc and stainless steelmaterials with dynamic light reflecting qualities and which will develop a natural patina over timeadding a sense of change to the façade. Photography by David Sundberg.
CulturalResidences
BrooklynNY
City Point - aerial view
City Point sits at the heart of downtown Brooklyn at the intersection of a diverse collection of neighborhoods and urban uses.
City Point - aerial view
The massing of the towers allows for an expansive garden roof and generous openness to the city.
City Point - exterior
The scale and materiality of the Fulton Street façade is designed to complement the character of the historic retail street.
City Point - exterior
While fully integrated into the mixed use structurethe residential towers were designed with a distinct street presence.
City Point - exterior
The Gold Street façade is inspired by Fulton Street Marketa pop-up market created from shipping containers that was located on the site prior to construction.
City Point - exterior
This art installation"Fabulous Phil" by artists Steven and William Laddwas created in collaboration with over 1000 participants from 16 schools and institutions in downtown Brooklyn.
City Point - exterior
The terracottazincand stainless steel façades recall the historic materials of downtown Brooklyn's iconic retail street.
City Point - exterior
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City Pointa 1.6 million square foot complex of retailofficeentertainment and high-rise residential buildings in Downtown Brooklyn has become a catalyst for a more vibrantmore diverse urban community. At the heart of Downtown Brooklyn’s entertainment and shopping districtCity Point is directly adjacent to Albee Squarethe historic 1908 Dime Savings Bankand the planned Willoughby Square Park.

The unique site sits at the collision of several Brooklyn street grids and its edges connect with a varied collection of neighborhoods and urban usesincluding a high-rise corridor of apartment buildings rising along Flatbush Avenuea large public housing communitya commercial office districta historical and vibrant retail districta major universityand historical brownstone neighborhoods. The monumental task of the City Point project was to stitch these fragments together to create a hub of neighborhood services and connector for the full diversity of the community that would anchor the flourishing of Downtown Brooklyn.

2016
1.6 million SF
A catalyst for a more vibrantmore diverse urban community.
City Point - facade detail
The contemporary terracotta and glass façade references the historic terracotta details of the adjacent landmark Dime Savings Bank.

The building creates new pedestrian infrastructure to draw people in and through with a porous streetscape of many entry pointsdisrupting privileged entries to ensure access for the entire community. The carefully detailed façade and streetwall reinterprets the scale and proportion of the area’s historical terracotta architecture into a modern expression that complements the weight and warmth of its historical context.

Overheadthe roof of the buildings carries a rich system of gardensgreen roof and urban agriculture. While the architecture and planning ties the building to its historical and cultural contextthe garden level is a regenerative connector for the urban ecosystem. Rising from the garden leveltwo residential towers—7 DeKalbmajority affordable housingand City Tower—are arranged to protect the space of the garden and convey a sense of generous openness to the city. Their orientation opens the sky view for pedestrians while providing the necessary high-densityhigh-risemulti-income residences to create a diversemixed-use community that is socially and ecologically connected.

Awards

    • Public Design Commission Annual Award for Excellence in Design (2012) – Phase I
    • Public Design Commission Annual Award for Excellence in Design (2013) – Phase II
    • Brooklyn Building Award for Retail (2013)