3 Tips for Designing Quiet Apartment Buildings on Abnormally Noisy Sites
New York-based Stephen B Jacobs Group has almost completed construction on a pair of towers at 29-26 Northern Boulevard in Long Island City. Dubbed the QE7 for its adjacency to the Q, E, and 7 trains (not to mention its cruise ship-like amenities), the pair of towers will contain 467 units, including 13 floors dedicated to the largest co-living development in North America.
© Alexander Severin
New York-based Stephen B Jacobs Group has almost completed construction on a pair of towers at 29-26 Northern Boulevard in Long Island City. Dubbed the QE7 for its adjacency to the Q, E, and 7 trains (not to mention its cruise ship-like amenities), the pair of towers will contain 467 units, including 13 floors dedicated to the largest co-living development in North America.What makes this building so unique, however, is how the architects and engineers devised a solution to overcome noise generated by the three neighboring subway lines.
© Alexander Severin
 Modern cities, especially New York, are always looking for ways to increase density, which often means building in locations that were once overlooked due to their particular site conditions. Earlier this week, we spoke with Principal Isaac-Daniel Astrachan of SBJGroup to explain how his firm managed to reduce noise levels on this site.Programmatic Space PlanningAstrachan first explained the surrounding context of the tricky site: the area is situated right where three subway lines lines diverge, and ...
© Alexander Severin
New York-based Stephen B Jacobs Group has almost completed construction on a pair of towers at 29-26 Northern Boulevard in Long Island City. Dubbed the QE7 for its adjacency to the Q, E, and 7 trains (not to mention its cruise ship-like amenities), the pair of towers will contain 467 units, including 13 floors dedicated to the largest co-living development in North America.What makes this building so unique, however, is how the architects and engineers devised a solution to overcome noise generated by the three neighboring subway lines.
© Alexander Severin
 Modern cities, especially New York, are always looking for ways to increase density, which often means building in locations that were once overlooked due to their particular site conditions. Earlier this week, we spoke with Principal Isaac-Daniel Astrachan of SBJGroup to explain how his firm managed to reduce noise levels on this site.Programmatic Space PlanningAstrachan first explained the surrounding context of the tricky site: the area is situated right where three subway lines lines diverge, and ...
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