![]() “It was our idea to prefabricate the building. “We basically had to build a bridge over a hundred-foot stretch of the FDR,” says Jay Bargmann, Vice President and Managing Partner of RVA. But perhaps the most unique challenge was erecting the large, long structure on a site with the East River on one side and a limited staging area on the other. The new 180,000-square-foot building, known as the Stavros Niarchos Foundation–David Rockefeller River Campus, spans almost three and a half city blocks and aggressively addresses the vibration and thermal-control needs of the laboratory. Fortunately, the university owned the air rights on FDR Drive’s east side, which allowed it to commission the design of a 900-foot, three-story building, designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects (RVA), that would rise along and over the highway. As a leader in biomedical research, it sought to significantly expand with new state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, but was essentially out of real estate. Metal Deck Erector: New York City Constructors, New York, NYįacing a quandary. NY Sentech Architectural Systems (Level 3), Austin, TXĬurtain Wall Erector: The Jobin Organization, Hauppauge, NY Ornamental Metal Fabricator and Erector: Champion Metal & Glass, Hauppauge, NYĬurtain Wall Fabricator: Oldcastle Building Envelope (Levels 1 and 2), Hauppauge, Miscellaneous Iron Fabricators and Erectors: FMB Inc., H arrison, NJ Empire City IronĪrchitectural Metal Fabricator and Erector: David Shuldiner, Brooklyn, NY Structural Steel Erector: New York City Constructors, New York, NY Structural Steel Fabricator: Banker Steel, South Plainfield, NJ Mechanical Engineer: BR+A Consulting Engineers, New York, NYĬonstruction Manager: Turner Construction, New York, NYĬonstruction Consultant: Lehrer, New York, NYĬurtain Wall Consultant: Entuitive, New York, NY Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti, New York, NY Owner: Rockefeller University, New York, NYĪrchitect: Rafael Viñoly Architects, New York, NY Location: Rockefeller University, New York, NY
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