Brooklyn, NY

Atrium At Summer

Scope/Solutions

Looking to fill a need for affordable senior housing, the New York City Housing Authority constructed the Atrium at Sumner on the existing Sumner Houses property in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. The new eleven-story building designed by Studio Libeskind includes 190 units positioned around a full-height lightwell and courtyard. SGH provided fire life safety services for the project.

SGH provided engineering services to support the design of a performance-based smoke control system for the residential building. Highlights of our work include:

  • Defining fire scenarios, tenability criteria, and system performance objectives
  • Performing preliminary calculations to inform exhaust and supply system sizing
  • Developing computational fluid dynamics models using Fire Dynamics Simulator to evaluate fire scenarios and system configurations
  • Coordinating with the design team to optimize smoke management strategies and prepare a code-compliant smoke control rational analysis demonstrating compliance with NYC Construction Code requirements
  • Presenting findings and design recommendations to the project team
  • Helping develop final documentation submitted to the Authority Having Jurisdiction

Project Summary

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2024

Completion Date
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132M

Construction Value
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132K

Project Size
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Award

Winner
Solutions
Other
Services
Performance & Code Consulting
Markets
Residential
Client(s)
FISKAA Engineering
Specialized Capabilities
Fire Life Safety & Accessibility

Key team members

Qianru Guo
Senior Project Manager
David Jacoby
Managing Principal, Engineering Mechanics and Infrastructure, Fire Engineering

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