Building Tour: 95 Madison Landmark Commercial to Residential Conversion

The AIANY Building Science Committee is excited to present a tour of 95 Madison by FXCollaborative, located north of Madison Square Park at 95 Madison Avenue and 29th Street, Manhattan, NY, 10016. This designated landmarked commercial office high rise building is being converted to mixed use residential with 65 apartments, office spaces on the 3rd floor, and retail on ground and second. The project gained unanimous approval by the Landmarks Preservation Commission through its sensitive approach to restoration and expansion of the bulk. By reconfiguring the core, the team bypassed typical seismic retrofitting limits and created additional gross area for new rooftop units. Despite the building's SHPO eligibility, the owners proceeded with a primary goal of meeting minimum energy codes.

Tour guide Tim Sudweeks will discuss strategies for converting historic and Landmarked structures to multi-family use, give an overview of improving the performance of existing historic masonry facades including detailing with improved thermal performance, discuss variations in air and vapor barriers for various façade claddings and identify advantages and challenges in integrating contemporary building systems into a historic structure.

This will be a hardhat tour, and attendees must bring their own personal protective equipment (hardhat, safety boots, goggles, and construction vest). This program will have extremely limited registration so please do not hesitate to register as soon as possible.

Project Team:
Client: Sunlight Development
Design Architect: FXCollaborative
General Contractor: Woolly Mammoth
MEP Engineer: HRM Engineering
Structural Engineer: HPL Engineering PC
Façade Consultant: Walter B. Melvin Architects
Façade Consultant: Hatfield Group Engineering

Tour Guide:
Tim Sudweeks, AIA, AA Dipl, LEED AP, CPHP, FXCollaborative

About the Speakers:
Timothy M. Sudweeks is a Senior Associate at FXCollaborative with over 25 years of professional experience in commercial, office, and residential sectors, and is known for his work on sustainable design and repositioning projects. Sudweeks's expertise includes Passive House standards, exterior detailing and design, residential design, green roofs, repositioning projects, and New York City Energy Conservation Code (NYCECC) compliance. He is the office-wide Documentation Standards Specialist, responsible for the quality of FXCollaborative’ s documentation, including graphics, content development, technical guidelines, templates, and standards. Sudweeks is a registered architect in New York and a member of the AIA. He is also LEED AP Accredited and certified as a Passive House Designer.