2024-11-24T05:22:23-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150198281/two-young-architects-convert-a-lifeboat-for-an-arctic-adventure Nam Henderson 2020-05-19T16:38:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/67/67644c7f520d81214ac68d980419b5ad.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Their design featured two double cabins, bunk beds for guests, a sitting area, chart table, kitchen, composting toilet and a shower. A wood-burning stove would provide some Scandinavian hygge on those chilly arctic nights...Small wind turbines were fitted and the roof was covered with solar panels...The original tarpaulin was replaced with curved windows while the rear superstructure of the boat was cut away, making way for a new plywood and fibreglass cockpit.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Calum Watson profiles two young architects who bought a retired Scottish lifeboat, converted it and set off on a 5,000km (3,100 miles) journey to Norway and beyond.</p> <p><br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b2/b27ac588292e91c4a1e4f94e634f63be.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b2/b27ac588292e91c4a1e4f94e634f63be.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption> Clansman Lifeboat No.1 after conversion and upgrade | photo by DavidSchnabel </figcaption></figure><p>h/t @&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/ccohanlon/status/1262465771868995586" target="_blank">c.c. o'hanlon</a><br></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150073958/foster-partners-to-design-new-boathouse-for-nyc-s-underserved-communities Alexander Walter 2018-07-18T14:32:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/00/0079b96794bf2dd624d9aec2757ede0d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Row New York announced [...] that award-winning architecture firm Foster + Partners will design a new boathouse and flagship location for the nonprofit organization, which offers a competitive rowing and academic success program to students from underserved communities throughout New York City. The new 14,000-square- foot facility is being designed pro bono by Foster + Partners in association with Bade Stageberg Cox [...].</p></em><br /><br /><p>"Located on the Harlem River in northern Manhattan, the new boathouse will allow Row New York to dramatically expand its youth program for middle and high school students from New York&rsquo;s most underserved schools and will feature a learning center with two state-of-the-art classrooms to accommodate the organization&rsquo;s academic programs," reads the announcement from nonprofit <a href="https://rownewyork.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Row New York</a>.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/44/44acfc15b4442e5f2d369f111021791f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/44/44acfc15b4442e5f2d369f111021791f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><p>"It will also broaden community access to the waterfront, with five boat bays that can accommodate up to 60 boats, community programming, and kayaks for public use. Designs for the boathouse, which are going through an approval process with NYC Parks and the Public Design Commission, are expected to be unveiled in fall 2018."</p>