SIDEWALK CAFE

 

New York, NY

Passive Design Features

Completed in 1992

Gramercy Park is home to the only private park in New York City.

 

Commissioned to design an enclosed sidewalk café for a restaurant in Manhattan’s historic Gramercy Park neighborhood, APT first studied the pedestrian  traffic pattern and approach to the venue. These findings resulted in a one-of-a-kind geometric form for the new addition.

 

The new light steel and glass structure is juxtaposed to the building at a slight angle, minimizing the impact on the public street and following the natural pedestrian approach.

The vertical support structure is rhythmic, and a wave of sun shading that spikes along the glass roof acts as a passive feature, providing a strategy for solar regulation that minimizes the need for artificial climate control.

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Selected Publications

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Controspazio - Chiarezza e semplicita’: lo studio Pagnamenta e Torriani a New York - Cristina Finucci - 1998