Battery Park City Community Center

Battery Park City is an engineering marvel. The 92-acre planned community on the west side of the southern tip of the island of Manhattan is the product of a massive land reclamation project and over 1/3 of the area is parkland.

We designed the utility systems for this 55,000 SF community center, located at ground level below future residential buildings 23 and 24.

The community center will contain an adult swimming pool, children’s swimming pool, exercise rooms, gymnasium, auditorium, various community spaces and a maintenance area for the Battery Park City parks administration.

As with all structures at Battery Park City, this project will maintain high sustainable standards. Working with a LEED consultant, we have computer-modeled the facility to determine the most appropriate energy systems.

The technologies considered include geothermal and air-to-air heat recovery as well as a fuel cell to generate electricity and produce usable thermal energy.