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All-electric and Passive House approaches guide NYC mixed-use complex designed by ARO and Alloy Development

2019-12-16T14:52:00-05:00

A recently unveiled mixed-use complex located at 80-100 Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn envisioned by Alloy Development aims to embrace the coming era of sustainable building design.

How? As New York YIMBY reports, the sizable, multi-building development is designed to bring a double-dose of alternative energy-powered buildings to the area. According to the report, in addition to bringing an all-electric 256-unit residential component to the site, the development will also include a pair of school facilities designed to Passive House standards.

100 Flatbush could become NYC's first ground-up, all-electric residential tower. Rendering courtesy Alloy Development.

The educational facilities, which include a new elementary school as well as a new building for the Khalil Gibran International Academy, are designed by Architecture Research Office (ARO), the recent winners of the American Institute of Architects 2020 AIA Firm Award. When completed, the schools, which are being developed in par...

Alloy Development pushes Brooklyn’s skyline higher with new tower proposal

2019-10-21T12:50:00-04:00

100 Flatbush, a proposed 482-foot-tall mixed-use development, is headed for downtown Brooklyn, where developer-architects Alloy Development have filed permits for for a skyscraper that will add to the borough’s growing skyline.

The 374,336-square-foot development will rise 40-stories and will contain 262 residences, according to New York YIMBY. The tower is also set to include 111,000 square feet of commercial spaces and over 100,000 square feet of community functions.

The tower joins a growing cluster of sky-piercing developments slated for the borough, including SHoP's 9 DeKalb, set to rise 1,066-feet, KPF's 745-foot Brooklyn Point tower, and Studio Gang's 620-foot 11 Hoyt, among many others.

Alloy is also developing 80 Flatbush, a 74-story tower set to rise 986-feet on an adjacent site.

Scientists Create New (and Cheap!) Aluminum-Iron Alloy

2015-02-09T19:55:00-05:00

By manipulating the structure of steel on a nanometre scale, [Hansoo Kim and his colleagues at the Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea] (have) produced a material which has the strength and the lightness of titanium alloys but will, when produced at scale, cost a tenth as much.

The new, potentially-revolutionary alloy utilizes nickel, in addition to aluminum and iron, to create a metal that is as strong as steel but much lighter and cheaper. The scientists created the alloy using nanotechnology to manipulate the structure of steel on a minute level.

Noting the decrease in steel-usage over the last decade, the scientists hope the new alloy could fill that market, potentially being used for cars as well as even aircrafts. Any ideas on how a lightweight, strong and cheap steel could be utilized architecturally?