Building Tours

Join us for a tour of the historic One Wall Street tower, serving as Printemps New York’s new flagship retail destination. We will walk through the newly redesigned space and explore an exceptional retail landmark that represents a bold evolution in the district's commercial landscape, examining architectural designer Laura Gonzalez’s meticulous approach to spatial composition, lighting, and materiality that has created a world-class shopping destination.

The visit will continue with an exploration of the building's architectural heritage—the 1931 One Wall Street tower designed by architect Ralph Walker and its famous Red Room on Wall Street, and the former Bank of New York lobby that features red and gold mosaic tiles by Art Deco muralist Hildreth Meière.

Printemps New York’s Financial District location celebrates the intersection of couture and historic preservation, offering a sophisticated retail experience that honors both contemporary luxury and the district's storied past. As designed by Gonzalez, the new Printemps location operates at the scale of modern retail demands while creating an urban destination that welcomes all visitors to experience fashion at its finest.

The AIANY Building Science Committee is excited to present a tour of Castle III by Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, located in East Harlem at East 123rd Street, Manhattan, NY, 10035. This mixed-use residential high rise comprises 82 supportive and affordable, low-income apartments, with community facilities and office spaces on the lower floors that further the Fortune Society’s mission to provide services and support for people who were formerly incarcerated. The project required a special permit to utilize all of the community facility’s floor area ratio (FAR). The building is complemented by landscaped areas for residents’ enjoyment and recreation and features a PV pergola over the main roof. As a round three NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence award winner, Castle III is designed to Passive House standards, is a fully electric hybrid structure building, and is Energy Star certified.

Tour guide Mark Ginsberg will discuss the public funding opportunities for sustainable and affordable housing projects, observe masonry façade detailing with thermal breaks and continuous insulation, learn about variations in air and vapor barriers for various façade claddings, and review the advantages and challenges of using precast construction for affordable housing projects.

This will be a hardhat tour, and attendees must bring their own personal protective equipment (hardhat, safety boots, goggles, and construction vest). This program will have extremely limited registration so please do not hesitate to register as soon as possible.

Tour Guide:
Mark Ginsberg, FAIA, LEED AP, Partner, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects

Project Team:
Client: The Fortune Society
Architect: Curtis + Ginsberg Architects LLP
General Contractor: Home Builders 1 a division of Bronx Pro Group
MEP Engineer: Dagher Engineering
Structural Engineer: De Nardis Engineering, LLC
Landscape Architect: Weintraub Diaz Landscape Architecture, PLLC
Energy/Sustainable Consultant: Bright Power, Inc.
Façade Consultant: CANY

About the Speaker:
Mark Ginsberg, a native New Yorker, is a partner of Curtis + Ginsberg Architects LLP (C+GA) with over 35 years of professional experience in planning, urban design, institutional and housing projects. His expertise in affordable and mixed-income housing, resiliency and green design has been recognized through his many lectures at national and local conferences and meetings. He has led C+GA’s efforts on developments that comprise well over 25,000 units of housing, most of which are affordable and sustainable. Ginsberg is a past President of the AIA New York Chapter, former co-chair of the New York New Visions (NYNV) Executive Committee, and an organizer of both the New Housing New York Ideas Competition and Legacy Project. He co-chaired the Post Sandy Housing Task force, and was a member of the AIA National Housing Task Force. He is Vice Chair of the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, a member of the New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH) Board of Trustees, President of Citizen’s Housing and Planning Council, and a Commissioner of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Join the AIANY Science and Research Facilities Committee for an immersive tour of the University of Pennsylvania's Amy Gutman Hall and Singh Center for Nanotechnology. This tour examines strategies in science and research facilities designed to foster cross-disciplinary collaborations through innovative spatial organization, technology integration, and material applications, including sustainable mass timber construction solutions.

Housing Penn Engineering’s data science research and academic programs, Amy Gutmann Hall is a vibrant and welcoming hub for cross-disciplinary collaborations focused on harnessing the power of data. Located on the site of a former parking lot, the 115,990-square-foot mass-timber building centralizes resources that will advance the work of scholars across a wide variety of fields, making the tools and concepts of data analysis and AI more accessible to the Penn community.

The Singh Center for Nanotechnology exemplifies cutting-edge research facility design with integrated nanofabrication capabilities that define new frontiers in technology development. The 78,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility features advanced lab spaces, including a 10,000-square-foot bay/chase cleanroom, a 6,500-square-foot characterization suite, and 12,000 square feet of laboratory modules, woven together by collaborative public spaces that enable interaction between different fields. Vibrant, centralized public spaces include the public galleria, conference rooms, and multipurpose forum space.

Speakers:
Zach Stevenson, RA, Senior Director of Planning, Design and Construction, Penn Engineering

About the Speakers:
Zach Stevenson is the Senior Director of Planning, Design and Construction at Penn Engineering. He’s a registered architect with his Masters in Architecture from Temple University and has held positions at Temple and Cornell Universities. Stevenson’s interest in campus planning stems from the intersection of historic preservation, re-use and contemporary design. Within this context, current projects at Penn Engineering focus on providing new opportunities for student engagement, research space and student space.