Jay Valgora Explained

Jay Valgora
Practice:Studio V Architecture
Significant Buildings:Empire Stores, Iwataya Passage, Yonkers Raceway Expansion, Macy's Herald Square
Significant Projects:Industry City master plan (Bush Terminal), Seaside, Queens master plan, the Rockaways, NYAnable Basin, original master plan Long Island City, NY

Gerald Valgora (/jeɪ væl-gɔr-a/;) also known as Jay Valgora, is an American architect, architectural theorist, and urbanist.  He is the founder and principal of the architectural design firm Studio V.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Early life and education

Jay Valgora grew up in Buffalo, New York.[5] The steel mills where his father worked and the historic grain elevators of Buffalo influenced Valgora to become an architect.[6] Valgora studied architecture at Cornell University (BArch), Harvard Graduate School of Design (MArch) and was a Fellow in the Fulbright Program to the United Kingdom.[2]   At Harvard, Valgora studied under Pritzker Prize-winning Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza Vieira.[7]

In London, Valgora commenced his investigations into industrial waterfronts,[8] continuing with a Fulbright Fellowship.[9]

Career

In 1993, Valgora became design director of Rockwell Group, leading designs for the Cirque du Soleil theater, the Dolby Theatre (then known as the Kodak Theatre), the first W Hotel, and Mohegan Sun.[10] Starting in 1998, as design principal of WalkerGroup, Valgora designed buildings in the United States, Spain, and Japan[11] and began his investigations into combining contemporary design with historic and industrial architecture.[12]

In 2000, Valgora established V Studio, a design studio.[13] In 2000, Valgora designed the Iwataya Passage in Fukuoka Japan,[14] and designed the set for Double Exposure, a multi-media dance production by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater that premiered at Lincoln Center, New York.[15]

This practice formed the basis for founding Studio V Architecture in 2006.[16] He began to focus on the redesign of industrial waterfronts to transform former industrial sites.[17] [18]

Design philosophy

Valgora's design methodology focuses on critical inquiry engaging contemporary form with historic structures.[19] [20] Architectural examples include the J + K Residence (contemporary townhouse inserted on top of an historic hotel),[21] Bronx Post Office, Macy's Herald Square (historic fabric contrasting contemporary fabrication)[22] and Hunts Point train station, originally designed by Cass Gilbert.[23] Valgora's designs have also juxtaposed different uses for a single structure, as seen in his design for Frank 57, which includes a hospital, three types of residences (luxury, affordable, and co-living), and retail.[24]

Valgora's designs for the Empire Stores[25] addresses many of his design principles  within a single project, combining historic and contemporary architecture.[26] [27] His project  “Silo City,” which transformed the grain elevators in Buffalo, NY into an arts and cultural center, features art galleries mixed with velodromes, residences and community gardens.[28]

His design for the abandoned Michigan railway bridge spanning the Niagara Gorge between the US and Canada proposed converting the bridge into an elevated public park, hotel, and museum.

His design for Iwataya Passage in Fukuoka, Japan features a reinterpreted underground public street with illuminated glass and cable structures connecting train stations, hotel, and stores. Valgora's Flushing River master plan envisioned a new waterfront community with elevated esplanades and parks.[29]

Valgora's design for the adaptive reuse of oil tanks at Maker Park / The Tanks was also the subject of debate on the adaptive reuse of industrial structures.[30] [31]

Notable works

Architecture

Urban Design

Interior Design

References

  1. Goff . Lisa . 2008-02-18 . Young architecture firms land work in the boroughs . Cran's . XXIV . 7 . 28.
  2. Web site: Jay Valgora: Industrial Revolution . 2023-01-18 . soa.syr.edu . en.
  3. Web site: 2014-11-04 . Astoria Cove Architect: East River is 'Next Central Park' . 2023-01-18 . Commercial Observer . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2014-05-02 . Coming Soon To Brooklyn: A Silicon Valley-Like Tech Hub On The East River . Fast Company.
  5. Web site: Featured Member: Jay Valgora, FAIA . 2023-01-18 . AIA New York . en-US.
  6. Web site: Jay Valgora - STUDIO V Architecture . 2023-01-18 . GetPodcast . en.
  7. Web site: Jay Valgora's schedule for 2013 MAS Summit for New York City . 2023-01-18 . massummit2013.sched.com.
  8. Web site: Parry . Bill . 2014-11-13 . Astoria Cove architect applauds City Council decision – QNS.com . 2023-01-18 . qns.com . en-US.
  9. Web site: December 2014 . At the Desk of John Valgora . 2023-01-18 . The Real Deal . en.
  10. Menking . William . 2018-01-18 . Studio Visit, Studio V . Architect's Newspaper.
  11. News: Collins . Glenn . 2003-12-03 . In Dumbo, Remaking a White Elephant; Brooklyn Waterfront Landmark, Long Abandoned, Awaits New Life . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-01-18 . 0362-4331.
  12. Web site: 2013-09-14 . Reviving Brooklyn's Waterfront, 19th Century Warehouses Evolve Into 21st Century Hubs . 2023-01-18 . ArchDaily . en-US.
  13. News: Garbarine . Rachelle . 2004-05-07 . Residential Real Estate; Condos to Rise Near the Pepsi Sign in Long Island City . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-01-18 . 0362-4331.
  14. News: Louie . Elaine . 2000-09-07 . CURRENTS: PASSAGEWAYS; Seeing the Light Throughout the Tunnel . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-01-18 . 0362-4331.
  15. Web site: 2010-03-16 . Double Exposure . 2023-01-18 . Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
  16. Web site: 2013-01-28 . Studio V . 2023-01-18 . The Architect's Newspaper . en-US.
  17. Web site: Waterfront Management Advisory Board - DCP . 2023-01-18 . www1.nyc.gov.
  18. Web site: 2021-12-19 . Comprehensive Waterfront Plan charts the course for the future of New York City . 2023-01-18 . Brooklyn Eagle . en-US.
  19. Web site: SAAHP Lecture Series: Jay Valgora Roger Williams University . 2023-03-14 . www.rwu.edu.
  20. Web site: 2013-09-14 . Reviving Brooklyn's Waterfront, 19th Century Warehouses Evolve Into 21st Century Hubs . 2023-03-14 . ArchDaily . en-US.
  21. Web site: Xie . Jenny . 2018-12-04 . Gilsey House Rooftop Penthouse by STUDIO V Architecture - Luxury New York Penthouse . 2023-03-14 . Dwell.
  22. Web site: Stella 34 Trattoria 2013-07-16 Architectural Record . 2023-03-14 . www.architecturalrecord.com . en.
  23. News: Gill . John Freeman . 2022-01-28 . In the Bronx, a Push to Save Cass Gilbert's Train Stations . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-03-14 . 0362-4331.
  24. Web site: Frank 57 West . 2023-03-14 . architectureprize.com.
  25. Web site: Empire Stores by Jay Valgora, Aia, Aicp, Leed Ap, Studio V Architecture International Design Awards™ Winners . 2023-03-14 . www.idesignawards.com.
  26. Web site: 2019-05-14 . Empire Stores, 2019 ULI Global Awards for Excellence Winner . 2023-03-14 . ULI Americas . en.
  27. Spring 2019 . Empire Stoes . Oculus . 81 . 1 . 30.
  28. Web site: Silo City – World Buildings Directory Architecture Search Engine . 2023-03-14 . en-GB.
  29. News: Vatner . Jonathan . 2011-04-13 . For Flushing and Its Waterfront, Time to Think Big . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-03-14 . 0362-4331.
  30. Web site: Davidson . Justin . 2019-06-17 . Can a Gas Tank Be a Playground? Dueling Ideas for Bushwick Inlet Park . 2023-03-14 . Intelligencer . en-us.
  31. Web site: Wachs . Audrey . 2019-08-07 . Contested oil tanks in Bushwick Inlet Park are being demolished to make way for open space . 2023-03-14 . The Architect's Newspaper . en-US.
  32. Web site: 2012-09-19 . Macy's iconic NYC flagship store getting $400M makeover . 2023-01-18 . CTVNews . en.
  33. Web site: Valgora . Julian M. . 2020-12-17 . Seaside Rockaway . 2023-01-18 . ArcGIS StoryMaps . en.
  34. Web site: 2009-03-01 . QUEENS GETTING A ROYAL UPGRADE . 2023-01-18 . en-US.
  35. News: Vatner . Jonathan . 2011-04-13 . For Flushing and Its Waterfront, Time to Think Big . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-01-18 . 0362-4331.
  36. Web site: 2013-08-06 . Walking the Rails . 2023-01-18 . The Architect's Newspaper . en-US.
  37. Web site: 2022-10-05 . City Council OKs Halletts Point megadevelopment rezoning amendment . 2023-03-31 . Crain's New York Business . en.
  38. Web site: Davidson . Justin . 2019-06-17 . Can a Gas Tank Be a Playground? Dueling Ideas for Bushwick Inlet Park . 2023-03-31 . Intelligencer . en-us.
  39. Web site: Rosenberg . Zoe . 2015-07-24 . Two More Big Developments May Rise on Astoria's Waterfront . 2023-03-31 . Curbed NY . en.
  40. Web site: Silo City by Studio V Architecture wins The Future Project of the Year 2021 at WAF . 2023-03-31 . World Architecture Community . en.
  41. Web site: Lower Manhattan apartment project ready to rent. (Residential). - Free Online Library . 2023-01-18 . www.thefreelibrary.com.
  42. Web site: Morimoto Asia wins AIA Orlando's Design Built Award of Merit . 2023-03-31 . Interior Design . en-US.
  43. Web site: Xie . Jenny . 2018-12-04 . Gilsey House Rooftop Penthouse by STUDIO V Architecture - Luxury New York Penthouse . 2023-03-31 . Dwell.

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