Heidi Bullinga Architect

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Brooklyn sky

Heidi — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:56:46 +0000

View from back office windows.

The Power of Infographics

Heidi — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:45:05 +0000

To help visualize how musical diversity in Houston’s FM-radio spectrum would be affected by a change in ownership, we helped the students at Rice University by preparing this infographic. A draft version was emailed to a friend, and before we could say “punk rock will never die,” it was forwarded to someone at the Houston Press and was immediately published. http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2010/12/ktru_color_chart_shows_local_r.php

Construction progress at 1169 46th St.

Heidi — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:57:18 +0000

April 2010- Scaffolding installed, parapet and masonry at elevator core demolished.

Lakefront Station, Cleveland, OH

Heidi — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:05:37 +0000

As a part of our ongoing research to improve transportation options in urban areas, we entered a competition investigating a way to connect a proposed high-speed rail station with the north side of the Mall in downtown Cleveland. A freeway currently obstructs passage to Lake Erie and the Browns Stadium. We chose to create train, pedestrian and bike connections underneath it with bus and taxi links on the bridge at West Third Street.

730 Fifth Avenue #10A (the Crown Building), New York, NY

Heidi — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:04:01 +0000

Isaia, a company that has grown from a custom-tailoring store of men’s suits in Naples into an international brand, approached us to renovate their offices, pantry, and portions of their showroom in New York City. Because of space limitations, they ended up moving customer service onto another floor while renovating the sales offices, catering area, and portions of the showroom.

1016 Fifth Avenue #6A, New York, NY

Heidi — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:02:56 +0000

Inside a landmarked building across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, we were asked to renovate a 3,133sf private residence comprising a master suite with a bedroom, private his and hers dressing rooms and bathrooms; a formal library, sitting room, and dining room; and a modernized kitchen and guest quarters.

27 South Portland, Brooklyn, NY

Heidi — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:01:29 +0000

Without dramatically altering the structure of the building, an interior/exterior path reinforced with lighting, shelving, paving and landscaping aligns a view of the street with a view into the rear garden. By excavating a portion of the rear yard to the same level as the interior and adding a fireplace, a new exterior garden room will have an eye-level connection to the interior living spaces.

306 Bowery, New York, NY

Heidi — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:00:08 +0000

Patricia Field, an Emmy-winning costume designer for Sex and the City, needed a new live/work space and chose the Bowery for its location. In order to convert a former commercial kitchen supply store and storage cellar into a double-height duplex with a below-grade indoor garden, a number of structural alterations proved necessary. These comprised demolition of the first floor and entire rear wall of the building; excavation; underpinning; insertion of new steel and concrete floors, catwalk, and roof/terrace; and installation of two skylights, one of which was walkable.

14-37 Astoria Blvd., Astoria (Queens), NY

Heidi — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:15:58 +0000

A façade contractor approached us asking for a way to created ‘a living façade that could grow food in the winter’ for a corner building in Astoria, a thriving Greek community. We proposed a double-skin system with grates and operable louvers to facilitate ventilation, cleaning, and caring for the plants and an ‘intensive’ green roof. The café/restaurant on the ground floor would make use of the garden herbs and vegetables and the entire building would benefit from the thermal buffer.