BKM COMPLEX
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Year: 2022-2025
Status: Under Construction
Client: Confidential
Area: 3810 m2 / 41,000 sqft
Team: LSC NYC (Design Build, Creative Direction, Owner Representative), AtelierTek Architects (Architect of Record), Prime Development Group (Development Manager), Promethean Builders (General Contractor), Hatfield Group (Structural), Dagher Engineering (MEPF), Harvey Marshall Berling Associates (Theater, Acoustics, AV, IT, SEC, Lighting with Jeremy Roth), Mueser Rutledge (Geotechnical and SOE), A.J. LaBelle & Partners (Facade), Sam Tell (Food & Beverage), Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger (Code, Life Safety), Milrose (Expediting, Zoning)
A music venue in Bushwick, featuring a 850 and 1800-capacity spaces with 3,100-capacity capability throughout, merging two lots accross while maximaxing the usable space, zoning, building code, and life safety constraints.
The architectural design enables significant adaptability and flexibility of use, while offering a well-rounded and enjoyable user experience from start to finish. The venue counts with three major and three minor bars - individually designed to serve as performance support or independently, allowing various use configurations depending on event.
Théa and Chewys were key to the initial steps of the project. They studied the project feasibility, assisted in establishing program, produced schematics, and were responsible for client presentations. They developed drawings, visuals, moodboards, logics, circulation, and security protocols - closely collaborating with the AtelierTek team, Julian von der Schulenburg (JVDS), the LSC team, and consultants.
CONSTRUCTION