CSAIR

Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale (CSAIR), housed in a beautiful mid-century Brutalist brick and concrete building by noted synagogue architect Percival Goodman, asked us to help them expand and renovate their building, with a focus on adding classroom and meeting spaces and improve accessibility for the disabled. The design, a product of extensive community meetings and involvement, will add a new library/multipurpose space, renovate an existing chapel and lower level lobby, and provide full handicapped accessibility. The new work celebrates the existing architecture, bringing its modern aesthetic into the new and renovated spaces. Restoration of existing finishes and clearing away subsequent additions will allow the original design to shine through.

 

Client: Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale
Location: Bronx, NY
Category: Religious Buildings
Completion: 2018
Team: Michael Goldblum, Jeff Moos, Anthony Watkins, Emmanuel Santos
Photography: Ashok Sinha

The exterior façade of CSAIR, the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale, boasts layered room heights, captivating red brick, and an outline of greenery and natural stone.
A photograph of the exterior of CSAIR by noted synagogue architect Percival Goodman before Building Studio Architects renovated and expanded the space.
CSAIR's interior library features extensive natural lighting through two walls made of windows as well as a variety of texture from smooth white surfaces to rustic red brick.
You can see a wall full of multicolored books when looking through CSAIR's library entrance which is adorned with the words "The Bette & Phil Baum Library".
This sacred religious space renovated by Building Studio Architect's holds a row of beige seating before a wooden Siddur.
Two men sit at separate tables reading while a woman browses a wall of books inside of CSAIR's newly expanded and renovated library.
A close-up interior shot of a wooden cabinet holding Torah scrolls and a cloth adorned altar slightly in front.
The inside of CSAIR's worship space features two white angled columns and a wooden cabinet and altar in between.
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