Newest Renderings of BAM South (286 Ashland Place)

Personally, I love this building and I think it provides much-needed architectural integrity to the burgeoning landscape of ugly, uninteresting glass and steel towers sprouting elsewhere in Ft. Greene and Downtown Brooklyn. I especially admire how the modern Enrique Norten and Ten Architectos-designed building is juxta-positioned next to the classic design of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower (now One Hanson Place Condos), and how the massing of the structure seems intent to obscure the iconic presence of this Brooklyn icon as little as possible.

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While the building’s impact on the skyline will be significant, the plans for substantial green, public space and enormous, elevated set-backs permitting pedestrian traffic. Ashland Ave. is very heavily trafficked at the moment with those traveling to or from Barclays or BAM. It will provide a nice, more attractive alternative for them, and one less noisy than for the residents at One Hanson. The first glimpse at the landscaping is also promising, with flowerbeds and grasses not unlike arrangements along The High Line.

(Renderings courtesy of YIMBY)