Images of the Amhrein-Swenson Bridge-Studio, shot by Joe and Susan, during the recent winter storms.
It's a relief to have some cold weather. Let's hope for a few years of normal weather. No more hurricanes, no more tornadoes on the east coast. Just normal, northeastern weather.
Bridge-Studio is entered by walking up a ramp, requested by Joe to make it possible to deliver art supplies, using a wheelbarrow, up the ramp. The ramp also makes it easier to move large art pieces out of the studio, for delivery to shows and to clients.
For more about Bridge-Studio, visit www.hanrahanMeyers.com.
Bridge-Studio, Victoria Meyers architect, for hanrahan Meyers architects: summer 2012
Victoria Meyers architect is pleased to present Bridge-Studio, a new artist studio building in Easton, Pennsylvania. Bridge-Studio is a new workspace designed for Joe Amrhein and Susan Swenson, a couple who are artists as well as owners of Pierogi Gallery, and its companion, the Boiler event space, in New York City. Bridge-Studio houses a painting studio for the Joe on the east side, and a writing studio for Susan on the west. An open air breezeway runs through the center, connecting back to the site with an entry ramp to the north. Bridge-Studio is entered by walking up the entry ramp, into the open breezeway overlooking the Delaware River, approximately 120 feet below the site.
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The breezeway fireplace hearth houses a flue for a fireplace in the breezeway, in the writing studio, and a third fireplace in the outdoor area below the deck. In addition to producing their own bodies of work, the clients own a prominent gallery in Williamsburg, New York, and a gallery/ event space, also in Williamsburg. Joe and Susan regularly entertain artists and clients from their gallery at their home in Pennsylvania. The couple’s desire for an appropriate setting to entertain artist friends created part of the program for the Bridge-Studio.
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Bridge-Studio was designed as a small urban or rural proto-type, and the architects are offering plans of the building free to communities who would like to replicate the project. The prototype was featured on this blog, with the building shown in different settings for different urban and rural conditions.
The building offers an inexpensive and easy prototype for communities where flooding is an issue, or where small shop owners wish to have living quarters above the street, with a street-level shop below.
Victoria Meyers: Designing With Light
New York Architects Victoria Meyers and Thomas Hanrahan believe that architecture is an environment, 'pure space', manifested in nature. The principals of hanrahanMeyers architects (hMa) have established themselves as unique visionaries, incorporating light and sound into their arresting designs of pure forms. Founded in 1987, the firm specializes in residences, art centers, and community spaces. They design spaces from a vision that connects visitors with the natural world.
www.designingwithlight.us
Victoria Meyers: Shape of Sound Architect Victoria Meyers analyzes the shape of sound; architecture and sound; form; materiality; windows; the urban sound scape, its politics, aesthetics and social character; reflection; virtuality; sound art; and silence.
Shape of Sound on Amazon
Victoria Meyers: Shape of Sound Victoria Meyers architect (Los Angeles, Ca.), principal of hanrahan Meyers architects (hMa) explores sound as it effects architecture, urban spaces, and landscapes. Contributors include hanrahan Meyers architects (featured on the book cover), Stephen Vitiello, Michael J. Schumacher, David Mather, Neil Denari, Bruce Pearson, Howeler and Yoon architecture, and Joseph Ketner.
hMa : Green Initiatives / Sustainable Architecture
United Nations Environment Programme "Environmental Knowledge for Change" this site is an incredible resource on environmental and social issues around the world
Greenopia NY hMa is proud to be featured as a "Greenopia Distinguished Business"
41 Pounds A campaign to stop junk mail (named for the number of pounds of junk mail the average American adult recieves in 1 year!)
The Conservation Fund As part of our nature based vision for architecture, hMa gives a percentage of the firm’s annual revenues to nature initiatives. This year, hMa funded ‘Wildlife Corridors’, through the Conservation Fund. ‘Wildlife Corridors’ provide natural zones through cities and towns that link animals with adjacent nature preserves. This initiative is one of several cutting-edge planning initiatives that forward thinking architects will be adopting as we seek to harmonize human habitats with nature and create sustainable development.
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