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Green Building Competition - 2008

Grand Winners

The Visionaire
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Battery Park City Conservancy's Maintenance Facility
Dattner Architects

Two projects, the Visionaire and the Battery Park City Conservancy's Maintenance Facility set new standards for sustainable design and architectural excellence. The two projects, designed to co-exist in a single structure, provide for a variety of uses. The 43,600 square foot maintenance facility provides a portion of the base for the 450,000 square foot Visionaire's 250 residential units and street-level retail space. The Visionaire provides a cohesive core, shell and systems. For example, the geothermal system will heat and cool both projects and the black and gray water retention systems supply water source for use in the maintenance facility.

Both projects expect to receive LEED Platinum rating and comply with the comprehensive Battery Park City Authority environmental guidelines. Because of the long-term planning and consideration for building and site use and the unprecedented cooperation between stakeholders, these two buildings embody sustainable design while exuding a gracious aesthetic.

Winner Descriptions (in PDF)

Competition Requirements (in PDF)

Jury Members

  • Carlton Brown, Chief Operating Officer, Full Spectrum, LLC.
  • Chris Garvin, Co-Chair, Committee on the Environment, NYC Chapter AIA, Cook+Fox Architects, LLP
  • Craig Graber, Co-Chair, Committee on the Environment, NYC Chapter AIA, Viridian Energy & Environmental, LLC
  • Julie Hoover, Senior Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff
  • Brain McGrath, Co-Director, Urban Field Station; U.S. Forest Service/ Columbia University's GSAPP
  • Signe Nielsen, Commissioner, Arts Commission for the City of New York, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, P.C.
  • Wayne Tusa, Chair, Liaison and Communications Committee, NY Chapter USGBC, Environmental Risk and Loss Control, Inc.
  • Helena Durst, Assistant Vice President, Durst Organization
  • Robert F. Fox, Jr., Partner, Cook+Fox Architects
  • Charles Griffith, Co-Chair, Committee on the Environment, NYC Chapter
  • AIA, Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP, Associate Partner
  • Susan Kaplan, Vice Chair, Executive Board, NY Chapter USGBC
  • Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority
  • Laurie Kerr, Senior Policy Advisor on Green Building and Energy, New York City Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability
  • Jennifer Ward Souder, Director of Capital Projects, Queens Botanical Garden
  • Jessica Strauss, Co-Chair, Committee on the Environment, NYC Chapter AIA, NYC Chapter Steel Leaf LLC, Principal; NYC Chapter Yale School of Management
  • Meg Walker, Vice President, Project for Public Spaces
  • Claire Weisz, Founding Principal, Weisz + Yoes Architecture; Board Member, Design Trust for Public Space
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