The long-anticipated but delayed expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on the far West Side is finally moving forward after approval last week from the Public Authorities Control Board. Designed by a joint effort of FXFOWLE and Chicago-based architects A. Epstein & Sons International, the 100,000-square-foot project will add 40,000 square feet of exhibition space at a modest $387 per square foot price tag, as well as completely replace the building's leaky roof. In tune with the dicey economy, the project is a scaled-down version of a 2004 plan that would have added 1.35 million square feet of space at a cost of $4.4 billion (or $2850 per square foot).
The $463 million project will seek LEED Silver certification and include a 6.5-acre green roof, transparent glazing that will replace black-mirrored exterior glass, and upgraded mechanical systems that should result in a 26 percent reduction in the building's energy use. Interior LED lighting will also be installed to illuminate various types of signage. Construction work should be completed sometime in 2013 and work on the installation of a temporary, 100,000-square-foot prefabricated temporary swing space between West 39th and 40th Streets is scheduled to begin this week.
The Javits Center opened back in 1986 and was originally designed by Pei Cobb Freed. We'll be glad to see work finally moving forward and are equally pleased to note that it will incorporate the foregoing green design features. Here's hoping that the development of Hudson Yards- just to the south of the Javits Center site- won't be all that far behind.
- Not Just a Fixer-Upper (The Architect's Newspaper)
- Javits Center Renovation & Expansion (FXFOWLE)
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