Worrell Yeung convert old masonry factory near Brooklyn Navy Yard into flexible workspaces

2020-08-19T16:24:00-04:00

New York City-based architects Worrell Yeung have renovated and redesigned a six-story, 38,000-square-foot former masonry factory situated near the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

The project updates an existing brick and timber building from the 1920s as well as a collection of four ancillary structures to crate a "mutable, multi-use workspace that can flexibly accommodate an array of tenants."

“The existing buildings were so rich with history and layered with texture that we wanted our design to highlight these found conditions while also updating to accommodate new uses and new programs,” explains co-principal Max Worrell in a statement.

The architects worked largely to peel away and reveal the buildings' historic materials and spaces, removing an existing roof that had previously covered an interior courtyard to make it an outdoor one, for example.

In addition, the design adds new features, like finely detailed entry into a loft space that is marked by wood shelving and glass blocks, to crea...

Brooklyn Navy Yard reveals expanded master plan

2018-10-01T18:26:00-04:00

This week, the Navy Yard released new renderings and an expanded master plan that shows a 30-year plan for the complex. Developed with the multidisciplinary design firm WXY, the master plan includes three new buildings totaling 5.1 million square feet [...]. The plan also includes increased public access to the complex, including retail and open space, and improved wayfinding and circulation. The expected cost is $2.5 billion, coming on the heels of a nearly complete $1 billion expansion.

Curbed New York has a lengthy piece up about the recently unveiled new master plan for the 300-acre Brooklyn Navy Yard megadevelopment.

Rendering: bloomimages; Image via BNYDC/WXY architecture + urban design

Members of the public are invited to join a series of tours of new projects (including BLDG 77 & New Lab by Marvel Architects as well as S9 Architecture's newly opened Dock 72) and a presentation of the new master plan by representatives from the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and WXY + architecture + design tomorrow, October 2, from 4 – 7:30pm. The event Anchoring Manufacturing: Brooklyn Navy Yard is presented by the Urban Design Forum and requires prior registration.

Rendering: bloomimages; Image via BNYDC/WXY architecture + urban design

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Worrell Yeung convert old masonry factory near Brooklyn Navy Yard into flexible workspaces

Brooklyn Navy Yard reveals expanded master plan