New Lab, Brooklyn Navy Yard

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Expressing the innovative nature of this green research and manufacturing center and preserving the structure of the grand historic hangar that houses it is the concept behind the design of the New Lab at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The central axis, preserved as a simple circulation spine, exposes building-through views, a recall of the building’s original factory floor layout. Once a stunning cathedral of ship manufacture, Building 128 has been transformed into a hub that supports entrepreneurs, engineers, and designers who are defining the future of technology.

Constructed, 1801

Bankrupt, 1966

Converted, 2017

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New Lab is a platform for scaling frontier technologies to champion the world’s most forward-thinking entrepreneurs and partners with corporate and city stakeholders to catalyze innovation.

Flexibility of Use - Open areas at the main floor create opportunities for exhibits, project fabrication and events with connections inside and outside the building. Bridges carried by the original gantries create overlooks to open areas and access across the building.

Single story build-outs mimic the stacks of raw materials and fabrication stations that once lined the naval machine shop, framing a central corridor and the industrial doors at both ends of 350 foot long building.

Existing Structures - Existing building trusses and overhead material transport gantries remain clear and unaltered. New distribution systems consolidate behind existing primary beams at side aisles to avoid visual noise at the main ceiling structure.

All individual tenants spaces at the outer perimeter of the building have daylighting and operable windows.

New Lab serves a community of over 600 entrepreneurs representing more than 100 member companies working in frontier technologies including robotics, artificial intelligence, connected devices, and life sciences.

Workspace Interior spaces are divided between private work spaces for individual businesses and education tenants, shared work spaces, meeting rooms and a café.

Entrance - The main entry passes through the industrial sliding doors. Smaller man-doors act as the day-to-day entry. The main floor raised above the original working floor provides flood resiliency from the harbor and depth for radiant heating

Placed on an outside corner of the building, the event space is visible from the main entrance to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and connects to the building’s interior central corridor.

A variety of open and enclosed workspaces and meeting areas are integrated throughout the interior.

Central Corridors - A linear central corridor extends between the original sliding industrial doors at each end of the building.

The exterior corrugated steel envelope and steel industrial windows were severely deteriorated after decades of limited use. The existing interior is a single level slab with a single 4,000 square foot elevated mezzanine.

The new second floor area greatly expanded the existing mezzanine, with upper mezzanines built into the overhead roof structure. 32,000 square feet of new floor area was constructed.

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Rendered Section - 1. Design Library 2. Enclosed Studio 3. Fabrication Lab 4. Project and Event Space 5. Conference Room 6. Institutional Studio 7. Enclosed Studio 8. Open Studio

Circulation - The new upper walkway’s route and overlooks were intentional, as a means to orient and introduce visitors to the New Lab. Crossover bridges are suspended from the industrial gantries.

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