Brooklyn, NY
Atrium At Summer
Scope/Solutions
Looking to fill a need for affordable senior housing, the New York City Housing Authority constructed the Atrium at Sumner on the existing Sumner Houses property in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. The new eleven-story building designed by Studio Libeskind includes 190 units positioned around a full-height lightwell and courtyard. SGH provided fire life safety services for the project.
SGH provided engineering services to support the design of a performance-based smoke control system for the residential building. Highlights of our work include:
- Defining fire scenarios, tenability criteria, and system performance objectives
- Performing preliminary calculations to inform exhaust and supply system sizing
- Developing computational fluid dynamics models using Fire Dynamics Simulator to evaluate fire scenarios and system configurations
- Coordinating with the design team to optimize smoke management strategies and prepare a code-compliant smoke control rational analysis demonstrating compliance with NYC Construction Code requirements
- Presenting findings and design recommendations to the project team
- Helping develop final documentation submitted to the Authority Having Jurisdiction
Photo by Hufton+Crow
Rendering by Studio Libeskind
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Project Summary
2024
Completion Date
132M
Construction Value
132K
Project Size
Award
Winner
Solutions
Other
Services
Performance & Code Consulting
Markets
Residential
Client(s)
FISKAA Engineering
Specialized Capabilities
Fire Life Safety & Accessibility
Key team members
David Jacoby
Managing Principal, Engineering Mechanics and Infrastructure, Fire Engineering
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