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Herzog & de Meuron

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The Powerhouse Workshop . New York City

Herzog & de Meuron . The Powerhouse Workshop . New York City (1)

Herzog & de Meuron . + Powerhouse Workshop

In 2016, Powerhouse commissioned the Pritzker-prize winning architecture practice Herzog & de Meuron to reimagine the 113-year-old coal-burning power plant and create facilities for fabrication in wood, metal, ceramics, textiles, and printmaking. The central design elements include the renovation of the existing Turbine Hall and the reconstruction of the Boiler House. Its interior spaces will allow for flexible workshop configurations.
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The former Brooklyn Rapid Transit powerhouse on the banks of the Gowanus Canal—better known to many as the Bat Cave- will be a contemporary industrial fabrication center established to serve the working needs of artists. Powerhouse will offer production capabilities in multiple materials and will encourage investigation, experimentation and collaboration across media and disciplines. Affordable and accessible space for industry and production is increasingly scarce in New York City. In Powerhouse’s new Gowanus, Brooklyn home, fabrication shops in wood, metal, ceramics, textiles and printmaking will provide sophisticated production capabilities and support risk-taking and exploration.

Initial site work is expected to begin later this year and the Powerhouse Workshop will open in 2020. Development and operation of the facility will be managed by the Powerhouse Environmental Arts Foundation, a public charity.