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February 15, 2007
Development Watch: Another Bricolage in the Wall
A six-story glass, metal and stone residential building is in the early stages of construction on the three-lot property at 118-122 Vanderbilt Avenue in Fort Greene. The architect? Bricolage Designs. This rendering doesn't look so bad (a little out of place, but could be worse) but we're more worried about how it'll look with all the real-life materials.This isn't Bricolage's first new design on Vanderbilt, by the way. If you've been paying attention, you'll recall this building going up on Gates and Vanderbilt. On a related note, do you know what the name Bricolage comes from? Turns out that a bricoleur is a person who creates things from existing materials, is creative and resourceful. Wikipedia says that bricolage is the French-language equivalent of "Do It Yourself." GMAP P*Shark DOB
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Bricolage is also the name of the Home Depot equivalent in France:
(availing itself of the DIY connotation)
http://www.bricolage.fr
Posted by: webster at February 15, 2007 10:12 AM
my window overlooks the construction at gates and vanderbilt. the contractors have been up to all sorts of shady stuff: tossing building materials off the roof into the adjacent staging area (no tube), also that lot has collected an amazing pile of trash-pallets, lumber, insulation, sand, etc., finally in that lot on a cold day, the builders started a campfire out of the trash, in the trash-filled lot... I called the fire department and have called 310, but things are still the same.
Posted by: 464 at February 15, 2007 10:47 AM
Oh, CRAP. I moved into the building next door in september and have tried to ignore the big green plywood gates on this lot, since they have been so slow to start actual construction. Thanks for finding this pic-- i had NO idea that this building was going to be so huge and so out of touch with the surrounding buildings ("a little out of place"?? have you been on this quaint and quirky block?). How depressing. I suppose this might explain my mysteriously low rent.
Posted by: mk at February 15, 2007 11:42 AM
How appropriate -- Bricolage buildings do look like DIY constructions jobs!
Posted by: Park Sloper at February 15, 2007 1:04 PM
While the Vanderbilt/Gates building isn't beautiful, it also isn't ugly. It's nice and doesn't stand out. Since we dont' get really good design, at least I hope this building achieves the same. Its only 7 stories, as long as they are not Scarano stories, i think it will be fine.
Posted by: Clinton Hillster at February 15, 2007 3:01 PM
Hillster, "only 7 stories?" I hear that DCP is looking at a R5B rezoning for this area. Ain't gonna be any other buildings at this height. I almost didn't make this post (Let the rush to pour foundations begin.) but thought a fuller discussion was preferable to running scared.
Posted by: Anonymous at February 15, 2007 3:26 PM
Balconies on the second floor and narrow outer courts in the front with balconies in them and no street wall continuation, tisk, tisk, ignoring the zoning again Henry. Bad boy. Hpoe they don't catch you.
Posted by: The Shadow at February 15, 2007 10:41 PM
Sure, you can ignore Zoning - as long as you are not Scarano, of course. I don't believe this job is Self Certification either, btwy.
Posted by: Anonymous at February 16, 2007 7:49 PM
I am just a by stander but courts are defined as being unobstructed from its lowest to the sky...balconies are permitted on the second floor as long as they are not over a req'd yd...and street wall continuation??? No such thing...Nice job Henry
Posted by: The EMP at April 3, 2007 9:33 AM
I am just a bystander but courts are defined as being unobstructed from its lowest to the sky...balconies are permitted on the second floor as long as they are not over a req'd yd...and street wall continuation??? No such thing...Nice job Henry
Posted by: The EMP at April 3, 2007 9:34 AM
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