Beamliving

 

 

Statement

The property management company of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, Beam Living, prioritizes occupants’ health and wellbeing throughout the design for renovations and new constructions. Our mission is to create safe and fulfilling places for occupants to live, work and grow. The Healthy Building Design Guidelines serve as the principles of designing a built environment promoting comfortable and consistent indoor conditions, accessible amenities, and connection to nature.

 

 

Design Guidelines

        I.            Daylight Access

a.      Health Benefits

                                                              i.      Providing access to daylight within a living space makes positive human behavioral and health effects. Daylight reinforces human circadian rhythms, which is critical for determining healthy sleep patterns, hormones regulation, psychological health, and overall improved human health.

b.      Strategies

                                                              i.      For all buildings, positioning common spaces close to windows to maximize access to daylight.

                                                             ii.      For commercial buildings, positioning workspace close to windows to maximize access to daylight.

                                                           iii.      For residential buildings, providing windows within dwelling units to maximize access to daylight.

                                                           iv.      Locating spaces that are not consistently occupied in central areas away from windows.

                                                             v.      Including large windows, skylights and clerestory windows when possible.

                                                           vi.      Implementing innovative architectural technologies available to direct daylight deeper into spaces, such as light shelves.

                                                         vii.      For major renovations and new constructions, providing a window-to-wall ratio that is at maximum based on architectural study.

                                                       viii.      Ensure all windows have a minimum Visible Lighting Transmittance (VLT) of 40%.

      II.            View of Nature

a.      Health Benefits

                                                              i.      Views to the outdoors that incorporate natural elements offer a sense of belonging, security, and harmony. Occupants who can visually connect with outdoor environments benefit from better visual respite. While performing everyday tasks, they experience greater satisfaction, attentiveness, and productivity.

b.      Strategies

                                                              i.      Orienting building windows to areas with nature such as vegetation, greenery trees, water bodies, or other such elements.

                                                             ii.      For all buildings, positioning common spaces close to windows with views of nature.

                                                           iii.      For commercial buildings, positioning workspace close to windows with views of nature.

                                                           iv.      For residential buildings, positioning dwelling unit windows to areas with nature such as vegetation, greenery trees, water bodies, or other such elements.

                                                             v.      Locating non-regularly occupied areas in central areas away from windows.

                                                           vi.      Including Indoor natural elements, when possible, such as green walls, Indoor plants, water features, or other biophilic design features.

    III.            Anti-Glare System Installation

a.      Strategies

                                                              i.      Install tinted façade glazing/windows when an architectural study recommends.

    IV.            Mechanical Area Protection

a.      Locate mechanical areas serving emergency equipment outside of flood-prone areas.

      V.            Accessibility

a.      Construct a main entrance in each building to egress into one of the following pedestrian areas:

                                                              i.      Sidewalk

                                                             ii.      Footpath

                                                           iii.      Plaza

                                                           iv.      Garden

                                                             v.      Car-free zone

b.      Develop at least one publicly accessible space within the property to promote community inclusion.

c.       Utilize entryway systems at all building entrances, including pedestrian entrances from parking garages at each parking level, that are 10 feet in the direction of travel and at least as wide as the entrance.

d.      Promote the use of stairs

                                                              i.      Health Benefits

1.      Stair climbing is one of the convenient and easily accessible physical activities. It helps occupants control body weight, promote cardiovascular fitness, and is good for psychological and social health.

                                                             ii.      Strategies:

1.      Locating at least one stairwell that connects all building floors and is open to all building occupants in an equally or more prominent area than elevators.

    VI.            Outbreak Preparedness

a.      Strategies to minimize person-to-person transmission:

                                                              i.      Implement visual markers for maintaining six feet distance between people.

                                                             ii.      Install sneeze guards at occupant-facing stations.

                                                           iii.      Execute Epidemic Disaster Relief Protocols to limit capacity within buildings.

                                                           iv.      Prepare common area layout rearrangement plans to maintain distance between occupants.

b.      Strategies to minimize surface-to-person transmission at high-touch surfaces:

                                                              i.      Implement touchless technology and strategies, such as digitizing resident engagement and employee check-in.

                                                             ii.      Execute Epidemic Disaster Relief Protocols to rearrange supplies and furniture in common areas to minimize use.

                                                           iii.      Install visual markers to indicate high-touch surface.

                                                           iv.      Maintain automatic building door system and limit touch points.

Statement

The property management company of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, Beam Living, prioritizes occupants’ health and wellbeing throughout the design for renovations and new constructions. Our mission is to create safe and fulfilling places for occupants to live, work and grow. The Healthy Building Design Guidelines serve as the principles of designing a built environment promoting comfortable and consistent indoor conditions, accessible amenities, and connection to nature.