Dissolving Corbin Building Inyubako Ikoreshwa mu Buryo Butandukanye na Zihua Mo

Umushinga Dissolving Corbin Building Inyubako Ikoreshwa mu Buryo Butandukanye wa Zihua Mo ni uwatsinze igihembo cyubahwa cyane 2026 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza mu Cyiciro cy'Ihiganwa cya Igishushanyo cy'Ubwubatsi.

IfezaUbwubatsi· 2026

Dissolving Corbin Building Inyubako Ikoreshwa mu Buryo Butandukanye

na Zihua Mo

Uwatsinze Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza mu Cyiciro cya Ubwubatsi

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Imigereranyo

Ibyerekeye Dissolving Corbin Building Inyubako Ikoreshwa mu Buryo Butandukanye

Dissolving Corbin Building ni igishushanyo cy'inyubako ikoreshwa mu buryo butandukanye gishingiye ku gukoresha bundi bushya inyubako ya kera ya Corbin iherereye i Lower Manhattan, muri New York. Iyi nyubako ndende ifite uburebure bugera kuri metero 55 ku magorofa 15, kandi ihuriza hamwe amazu yo guturamo, ibikoni bisangiwe, ahantu rusange ho kuriramo, isoko ry'ibiribwa ndetse n'ubuhinzi buhagaritse. Urwego rushya rw'icyuma rutwara ibice by'inyubako byakozwe mbere bitatswe n'amatafari n'ibumba rya terracotta. Ubusitani bwo hejuru y'inyubako hamwe na bari yo ku gisenge hejuru ya Fulton Center iri hafi, byongerera uburebure inzira rusange itangirira kuri gari ya moshi yo munsi y'ubutaka. Guteka no kurira hamwe bifatwa nk'ahantu rusange h'umuryango.

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Ibyerekeye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza

Dissolving Corbin Building Inyubako Ikoreshwa mu Buryo Butandukanye ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza, ishimwe ridasanzwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo byo ku rwego rwo hejuru, byiza kandi bikora ku mutima. Abegukanye Ifeza ni ibihangano by'ubuhanga bukomeye kandi bifite guhanga kwinshi, bigaragaza ubuhanga bwimbitse, impano n'ubushishozi bw'ababihanze. Dissolving Corbin Building Inyubako Ikoreshwa mu Buryo Butandukanye biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cy'icyitegererezo, gifite ubunyamwuga bukomeye n'udushya twimbitse. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Ifeza ni igihangano kizwi kandi gishimwa, gifasha kugura imbibi z'ubuhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga. Dissolving Corbin Building Inyubako Ikoreshwa mu Buryo Butandukanye ni igihangano benshi bifuza, gikangura ibyifuzo, gitanga amarangamutima meza kandi gitera igitangaza.

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Ibintu Bidasanzwe: The project dissolves the historic Corbin Building into a vertical ecosystem where housing, communal kitchens, and a public food court intertwine. Solid walls transform into porous layers that blur domestic and urban scales, while a design language of dissolution mediates between ornate historic façades and contemporary simplicity. More than housing, it becomes an urban catalyst that nourishes community, fosters continuity across the city, and reframes everyday rituals as cultural infrastructure.
Ibipimo n'Ipaki: The project envisions a vertical mixed-use complex with an approximate height of 55m and 15 floors, integrating housing, communal kitchens, a public food court, a food market, and vertical farming. A rooftop bar is added atop the adjacent Fulton Center, while rooftop gardens extend from the historic Corbin Building. A new steel frame hosts prefabricated modular units with articulated brick and terracotta cladding, with strategies emphasizing porosity, modular assembly, adaptability, and sustainable urban integration.
Ibibazo Fatizo: Adaptive Reuse, Mixed-use Building, Communal Living, Food Culture, Urban Catalyst, Historic Preservation, Vertical Farming, Public Food Court, Rooftop Bar, Community Architecture
Ikoranabuhanga ryo Guteza Imbere: The design was informed by studies of natural morphologies and part-to-whole relationships, which shaped a methodology of 'dissolving'. To realize this vision, the historic masonry is reinterpreted through a new steel structural framework combined with factory-prefabricated modular units. These modules enable the complex articulation of brick and terracotta surfaces, assembled on site with precision. Digital modeling and parametric simulations guided iterations, while renderings tested spatial integration with the city.
Ikibazo cy'Ishusho: The hardest challenge was breathing new life into a landmark once valued only for its façade. Balancing historic ornament with contemporary simplicity demanded a design language of dissolving. Socially, the project sought to counter fragmentation with food as a universal connector, while technically it explored how modular construction could realize intricate brick and terracotta forms.
Ubushakashatsi: This conceptual design research explored adaptive reuse of historic buildings and the role of food culture in urban life. The aim was to test how dissolving boundaries between private and public could foster community. Methods included studies of natural morphologies, urban context analysis, and digital modeling. Simulations examined flows of residents and visitors. Results showed that shared kitchens, vertical farms, and food markets can reframe eating as cultural infrastructure with impacts on business vitality, social cohesion, and urban design practice.
Ibyatumye Habaho: The project is inspired by the challenge of renewing a historic building once valued only for its façade, giving it a second life through functional transformation and a dialogue between classical ornament and contemporary simplicity. At the urban scale, it seeks to dissolve boundaries, weaving architecture into the flows of transit and everyday life. Against a backdrop of global unrest and retreating cosmopolitanism, the design turns to food as a universal language, using shared rituals of cooking
Igihe cy'Umushinga: The project was initially conceived between September and December 2022 in Philadelphia, United States, as an early conceptual study. It was further developed and deeply refined from January to September 2025, focusing on the adaptive reuse of the historic Corbin Building in Lower Manhattan, New York, and its integration with the adjacent Fulton Center. The design has been prepared for international design award submissions and exhibitions, presenting both architectural innovation and cultural discourse at a global stage.
Uburyo bw'Imikorere: For the public, the building is entered through a food market and court linked to the subway, offering a place for gathering, dining, or simply passing through. A rooftop bar atop Fulton Center extends the experience to the city skyline, attracting visitors and workers nearby. For residents, daily life unfolds in porous clusters with shared kitchens, terraces, and corridors lined with vertical farms that provide food and greenery. Both flows converge in rooftop gardens, where living and visiting overlap as shared community rituals.