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Michael David Kirchmann

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Michael David Kirchmann
Born (1972-07-05) July 5, 1972 (age 54)
Johannesburg
South Africa
🏳️ NationalityAmerican
South African
🎓 Alma materUniversity of Cape Town
New York University
💼 Occupation
Architect
🌐 Websitewww.gdsny.com

Michael David Kirchmann (born July 5, 1972) is an American real estate developer, architect, and designer and the Founder and CEO of development and architecture firm GDSNY. His firm has designed and renovated more than 4,000 units of affordable housing in New York City, including Campos Plaza in the East Village, Bronxchester Houses in the Bronx, and Arverne View in Rockaway, Queens.[1]. Kirchmann’s firm has also designed and developed high end residential and commercial properties such as 25 Mercer in SoHo[2], 177 Franklin Street in TriBeCa[3]which was the Shinola flagship and headquarters, and 500 West 25th Street, currently under construction adjacent to the High Line[4]. The firm is currently developing a class A office building at 1241 Broadway.[5]

Formerly a Design Director at architecture firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, Kirchmann worked on projects across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Early life

Kirchmann was born and raised in Johannesburg South Africa and attended high school at Hilton College, South Africa. His father was a real estate developer and his mother was an interior designer.[6][7]He earned a Bachelor of Architectural Studies degree in 1993 and a Bachelor of Architecture degree with Distinction in 1997 from University of Cape Town and a Master of Science in Real Estate degree with Distinction from New York University in 2008.

Career

In 1997, he relocated to New York and joined SOM, where he eventually became a Director of the New York office. Notable completed projects include the corporate headquarters of Oracle in Paris, the Arcapita headquarters in Bahrain, and the Park Hotel in Hyderabad, which is the first LEED Platinum certified hotel in India. Kirchmann worked with SOM partner Roger Duffy on these projects.

In 2007, and after a 10-year tenure at SOM, Kirchmann founded GDSNY, a design and real estate development firm with offices in New York and London that focuses on real estate development, architecture, interiors, Urban Design, branding, and art.

Notable projects include the Bahrain Bay master plan, 149 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the DOGPOUND gyms in New York and Los Angeles, and 25 Mercer.

Kirchmann is a frequent lecturer and juror at Harvard University, New York University, Cityscape, MIPIM, the Architectural Association, Parsons School of Design, and the University of Pennsylvania. He taught in the Masters of Science in Real Estate program at Columbia University from 2010 to 2015 with SOM partner Chris Cooper and Vishaan Chakrabarti.[8]

Projects

Kirchmann has designed more than 4,000 units of low-income housing that have been completed in New York City, including the redevelopment at Arverne View (formerly known as Ocean Village) in Rockaway, Queens, a region that was devastated by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.[1]

In 2015 Kirchmann designed the extensive renovation of the low income, 625-unit Marcus Garvey Village spread across nine city blocks, in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Originally designed in 1973 by Kenneth Frampton, the project achieved notability at the time for its innovative urban planning approach to low-rise, high-density affordable housing[9][10]. The renovated property was awarded the Building Brooklyn Award for Affordable Housing Preservation[11]and the Affordable Housing Magazine Award of Excellence[12].

In 2016 Kirchmann collaborated with Fabien Baron to design the DOGPOUND, an exclusive gym located in the West Village and reportedly frequented by Hollywood celebrities, Olympic athletes, and Victoria’s Secret Angels, including Elsa Hosk, Adriana Lima, Josephine Skriver, and Romee Strijd.[13][14]

Kirchmann’s work with artists has resulted in projects such as the Bahrain International Airport, for which he collaborated with American artist Leo Villareal and that featured enhanced environments integrating LED and video elements into the architecture. Prior to starting renovation work on 25 and 27 Mercer Street for what would eventually become a luxury condominium development in two historic cast-iron buildings in SoHo, Kirchmann collaborated with British artist Shantell Martin, who installed drawings on two floors, as well as light artist Matthew Schreiber, American Ballet Theatre dancer Kathryn Boren, and fashion photographer Nigel Barker. Some of Martin’s drawings remained intact as part of the foundation of the building[6][15][16].

Kirchmann provided a wall on one of his buildings along 10th Avenue and visible from the High Line to start the public art installation “The Wall that Unites”, a project created by advertising firm Johannes Leonardo.[17] The installation featured a virtual wall of public art created by artists across the world, which would be uploaded to the project’s website until it reached 1,900 feet in length (the same approximate length of the border between Mexico and the United States).[17]

For 1951 Park Avenue, an affordable housing development in East Harlem, Kirchmann collaborated with the architect to create an art wall made of glass and aluminum fins designed to conceal the building’s mechanical equipment.[18]

Kirchmann appeared in the 2017 season of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing New York with real estate broker Fredrik Eklund, who shows several units[19][20] from Kirchmann’s development at 25 and 27 Mercer Street[21].

Project List

GDSNY

  • 177 Franklin Street, Tribeca, New York, New York (2012)
  • Marcus Garvey Apartments, Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York (2015)
  • Arverne View, Far Rockaways, Queens, New York (2015)
  • 25-27 Mercer Street SoHo, New York, New York (2016)
  • 149 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg, New York (2016)
  • Campos Plaza, East Village, New York (2016)
  • Bronxchester, Bronx, New York (2016)
  • The DOGPOUND, West Village, New York (2016)
  • 500 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York (2018)

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

  • Portes de la Defense, Oracle Headquarters, Paris, France
  • Arcapita Bank Headquarters, Manama, Bahrain
  • The Park Hotel, Hyderabad, India
  • The Four Seasons Hotel, Manama, Bahrain
  • Defense Plaza, Paris, France
  • Arcs de Seine, Paris, France

Recognition

  • Best Exterior Design, Boutique Design Magazine (2010)
  • Special Jury Award, MIPIM (2011)
  • Green Good Design Award, Chicago Athenaeum (2011)
  • Building Brooklyn Award for Affordable Housing Preservation, Marcus Garvey (2016)
  • Affordable Housing Magazine Award of Excellence (2017)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Renovated Arverne View hoping to lure middle-class tenants back to the affordable complex on the beach". New York Daily News. October 27, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Cast-Iron Soho Buildings Will Give Way to 'Boutique' Condos". Curbed New York. January 25, 2016. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Seven-story Tribeca building sold for $9 million, relisted for $18 million". Real Estate Weekly. June 27, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ "First look at High Line-hugging auto shop turned condos". Curbed New York. August 14, 2018. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  5. ↑ "GDS planning 20-story office building on one of NoMad's few unbuilt lots". The Real Deal. April 13, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "GDSNY's Michael Kirchmann talks real estate, design and art". Downtown Magazine. Spring 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Level Playing Field". Surface Magazine. March 7, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Envisioning Studio,Real Estate Development". Columbia Abstract, Columbia University. Summer 2012. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  9. ↑ Bellafante, Ginia (June 1, 2013). "A Housing Solution Gone Awry". The New York Times. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Marcus Garvey Park Village at 40". The Institute for Public Architecture. June 3, 2013. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Building Brooklyn Awards 2017". Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. July 13, 2017. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  12. ↑ "L+M Development Preserves 625 Units in Brooklyn". Affordable Housing Finance. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Inside the exclusive New York gym where Hugh Jackman, Victoria's Secret models and Wall Streeters work out". Business Insider. November 10, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Inside the Unofficial Gym of Victoria's Secret Angels". W Magazine. April 26, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  15. ↑ "SoHo Condo Conversion At 25 Mercer Street Used As Pop-Up Art Space". New York Yimby. April 19, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Laser Guided". SOMA Magazine. Spring 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "This Ad Agency Is Inviting Artists To Help Build A Wall Of Hope And Unity". Fast Company. February 22, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  18. ↑ "East Harlem Residential Building Uses 'Artwall' To Hide Mechanical Equipment". New York Yimby. March 21, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  19. ↑ "'Million Dollar Listing New York' recap: an all-or-nothing attitude prevails". Curbed New York. June 2, 2017. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  20. ↑ "Ryan Serhant "Takes It In The Face" on Million Dollar Listing New York". 2paragraphs. June 1, 2017. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  21. ↑ "GDS plans Soho condo conversion at 25 Mercer". The Real Deal. January 26, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2018.

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Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century American architects Category:21st-century American architects Category:People from South Africa Category:Architects from South Africa Category:Architecture firms based in New York City Category:South African emigrants to the United States Category:New York University alumni Category:University of Cape Town alumni



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