One South First and Ten Grand

Residences, Workplaces
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Brooklyn, NY
One South First and Ten Grand on the Brooklyn waterfront at the northern end of the historic Domino Sugar refinery site. Photography by David Sundberg.
The building is fronted by Domino Park, a vibrant green community space for Williamsburg. Photography by David Sundberg.
View from South 1st Street, Brooklyn, toward the waterfront. Photography by David Sundberg.
The residential entry on South 1st Street was designed to relate to the scale and streetwall rhythms of the surrounding neighborhood. Photography by David Sundberg.
One South First Lobby with installation by Robert Swain. Photography by David Sundberg.
At the fourth floor, an expansive space for working, socializing and respite is shared by residential and office tenants. Photography by David Sundberg.
Ten Grand lobby for commercial tenants. Photography by David Sundberg.
Ten Grand lobby entry. Photography by David Sundberg.
The pre-cast façade was created from 3D printed form work. Photography by David Sundberg.
The residential and commercial towers are grounded by a retail base that enlivens the streetscape. Photography by David Sundberg.
Residences, Workplaces
Brooklyn, NY
One South First and Ten Grand on the Brooklyn waterfront at the northern end of the historic Domino Sugar refinery site. Photography by David Sundberg.
The building is fronted by Domino Park, a vibrant green community space for Williamsburg. Photography by David Sundberg.
View from South 1st Street, Brooklyn, toward the waterfront. Photography by David Sundberg.
The residential entry on South 1st Street was designed to relate to the scale and streetwall rhythms of the surrounding neighborhood. Photography by David Sundberg.
One South First Lobby with installation by Robert Swain. Photography by David Sundberg.
At the fourth floor, an expansive space for working, socializing and respite is shared by residential and office tenants. Photography by David Sundberg.
Ten Grand lobby for commercial tenants. Photography by David Sundberg.
Ten Grand lobby entry. Photography by David Sundberg.
The pre-cast façade was created from 3D printed form work. Photography by David Sundberg.
The residential and commercial towers are grounded by a retail base that enlivens the streetscape. Photography by David Sundberg.
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The interconnected towers of One South First and Ten Grand are located at the northern end of the five-building Domino Sugar development, which includes the adaptive reuse of the landmarked sugar refinery and four new buildings on the Williamsburg waterfront, each designed by a different architect under a 2013 master plan created by SHoP Architects.

The interlocking workplace and residential towers are raised at the base by a three-story podium that holds the street walls of the block and will be topped with a roof garden and outdoor recreation space for residential and workplace tenants. The communal green space, created in collaboration with landscape architects Field Operations, will serve to connect residents and workers and offer a view over a new waterfront park below.

The contemporary façade design is inspired by sugar’s crystalline structure, connecting the new building with the industrial history of the site.
Video courtesy of Autodesk.

Located within the footprint of the former sugar manufacturing facility, the contemporary façade design is inspired by sugar’s crystalline structure, connecting the new building with the industrial history of the site. With crisp modernist repetition, angled white precast concrete creates a deep, faceted façade, generating a play of light and shadow to animate the rigorous forms. Designed to self-shade, each elevation is formed to respond to its specific solar orientation and optimized to reduce energy use for cooling.

The program and form of the tower offers a unique opportunity to prioritize energy efficiency through the complementary energy profiles of different uses. Excess heat produced from the work spaces that is traditionally rejected from the top of the building, will be captured and reused for the residential component, significantly reducing energy use.

At street level, One South First and Ten Grand is designed to foster connection and integration with the wider Williamsburg community. The storefronts are designed to allow for variation and unique identities to promote visual evolution and adaptation over time, like the historic streetscapes found throughout Williamsburg. Enhanced bicycle parking allows for greater connection to the adjacent Kent Avenue bike path, promoting sustainable modes of transit.

One South First - construction
Workers install a pre-cast panel at One South First. Photography by Alex Ferrec.

Collaborators

This project is developed by Two Trees Management. The project team also includes:

Dagher Engineering, DencityWorks Architecture, Field Operations, Gate Precast, GeoDesign Inc., Laufs Engineering Design, Longman Lindsay, Philip Habib and Associates, Rosenwasser Grossman Consulting Engineers, Schuco, SHoP, Skyline, Vidaris/SOCOTEC, and YR&G/WSP

Awards

Architects Newspaper Best of Design: Digital Fabrication (2018)

Terrace with garden and pool overlooking East River
The fourth floor garden terrace extends from the One South First and Ten Grand lounge. Photography by David Sundberg.