Dissolving Corbin Building Isakhiwo Sosetyenziso Oluxubeneyo ngu-Zihua Mo

Uyilo olubizwa ngokuba yi-Dissolving Corbin Building Isakhiwo Sosetyenziso Oluxubeneyo olwenziwe ngu-Zihua Mo ngumwini obekekileyo webhaso elinobukhazikhazi le-2026 Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award Kudidi Lokhuphiswano lwe-Uyilo lweZakhiwo, Isakhiwo kunye neMilo.

IsilivereUyilo lweZakhiwo· 2026

Dissolving Corbin Building Isakhiwo Sosetyenziso Oluxubeneyo

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Malunga ne-Dissolving Corbin Building Isakhiwo Sosetyenziso Oluxubeneyo

I-Dissolving Corbin Building luyilo lwesakhiwo sosetyenziso oluxubeneyo olusekelwe ekusetyenzisweni ngokutsha okulungelelanisiweyo kwesakhiwo esiyimbali i-Corbin Building eLower Manhattan, eNew York. Le kompleksi ithe nkqo inyuka malunga neemitha ezingama-55 kwimigangatho eli-15 kwaye idibanisa izindlu zokuhlala, iikhitshi ekwabelwana ngazo, indawo yokutyela yoluntu, imarike yokutya kunye nokulima okuthe nkqo. Isakhelo esitsha sentsimbi sithwele iiyunithi zemodyuli ezenziwe kwangaphambili ezinesigqubuthelo sezitena kunye ne-terracotta esicaciswe ngobugcisa. Iigadi ezisephezu kophahla kunye nendawo yokusela esephezu kophahla ngentla kwe-Fulton Center ekufutshane zolula indlela yoluntu eqala kwisitishi sikaloliwe ongaphantsi komhlaba. Ukupheka nokutyela ekwabelwana ngako kuthathwa njengezithuba zoluntu.

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Malunga ne-Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award

Dissolving Corbin Building Isakhiwo Sosetyenziso Oluxubeneyo ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo ngokungaqhelekanga okunikwa imiyilo yomgangatho ophezulu, entle nechukumisayo. Abaphumeleleyo beSilivere ziimveliso ezikhazimlayo kakhulu nezidala kakhulu ezibonisa ubungcali obuphawulekayo, italente nobukrelekrele babayili bazo. Dissolving Corbin Building Isakhiwo Sosetyenziso Oluxubeneyo iyathenjwa ukuba ibe ngumsebenzi omhle womzekelo, onobungcali obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha ezinzulu. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award yimveliso ebonakalayo kakhulu, ethandwayo enceda kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. Dissolving Corbin Building Isakhiwo Sosetyenziso Oluxubeneyo yimveliso enomona omkhulu kuyo evusa iinqwenelo, izisa iimvakalelo ezintle kwaye ivuselela ukumangaliswa nokumangala.

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Iimpawu Ezizodwa: The project dissolves the historic Corbin Building into a vertical ecosystem where housing, communal kitchens, and a public food court intertwine. Solid walls transform into porous layers that blur domestic and urban scales, while a design language of dissolution mediates between ornate historic façades and contemporary simplicity. More than housing, it becomes an urban catalyst that nourishes community, fosters continuity across the city, and reframes everyday rituals as cultural infrastructure.
Imilinganiselo nePakishini: The project envisions a vertical mixed-use complex with an approximate height of 55m and 15 floors, integrating housing, communal kitchens, a public food court, a food market, and vertical farming. A rooftop bar is added atop the adjacent Fulton Center, while rooftop gardens extend from the historic Corbin Building. A new steel frame hosts prefabricated modular units with articulated brick and terracotta cladding, with strategies emphasizing porosity, modular assembly, adaptability, and sustainable urban integration.
Iithegi: Adaptive Reuse, Mixed-use Building, Communal Living, Food Culture, Urban Catalyst, Historic Preservation, Vertical Farming, Public Food Court, Rooftop Bar, Community Architecture
Ubuchwepheshe Bokuvelisa: The design was informed by studies of natural morphologies and part-to-whole relationships, which shaped a methodology of 'dissolving'. To realize this vision, the historic masonry is reinterpreted through a new steel structural framework combined with factory-prefabricated modular units. These modules enable the complex articulation of brick and terracotta surfaces, assembled on site with precision. Digital modeling and parametric simulations guided iterations, while renderings tested spatial integration with the city.
Umngeni Woyilo: The hardest challenge was breathing new life into a landmark once valued only for its façade. Balancing historic ornament with contemporary simplicity demanded a design language of dissolving. Socially, the project sought to counter fragmentation with food as a universal connector, while technically it explored how modular construction could realize intricate brick and terracotta forms.
Uphando: This conceptual design research explored adaptive reuse of historic buildings and the role of food culture in urban life. The aim was to test how dissolving boundaries between private and public could foster community. Methods included studies of natural morphologies, urban context analysis, and digital modeling. Simulations examined flows of residents and visitors. Results showed that shared kitchens, vertical farms, and food markets can reframe eating as cultural infrastructure with impacts on business vitality, social cohesion, and urban design practice.
Inkuthazo: The project is inspired by the challenge of renewing a historic building once valued only for its façade, giving it a second life through functional transformation and a dialogue between classical ornament and contemporary simplicity. At the urban scale, it seeks to dissolve boundaries, weaving architecture into the flows of transit and everyday life. Against a backdrop of global unrest and retreating cosmopolitanism, the design turns to food as a universal language, using shared rituals of cooking
Ubude Beprojekthi: The project was initially conceived between September and December 2022 in Philadelphia, United States, as an early conceptual study. It was further developed and deeply refined from January to September 2025, focusing on the adaptive reuse of the historic Corbin Building in Lower Manhattan, New York, and its integration with the adjacent Fulton Center. The design has been prepared for international design award submissions and exhibitions, presenting both architectural innovation and cultural discourse at a global stage.
Ukuhamba Komsebenzi: For the public, the building is entered through a food market and court linked to the subway, offering a place for gathering, dining, or simply passing through. A rooftop bar atop Fulton Center extends the experience to the city skyline, attracting visitors and workers nearby. For residents, daily life unfolds in porous clusters with shared kitchens, terraces, and corridors lined with vertical farms that provide food and greenery. Both flows converge in rooftop gardens, where living and visiting overlap as shared community rituals.