US structure studio Rafael Viñoly Architects has created a residential skyscraper in Downtown Manhattan utilizing an “unconventional method”.
The Greenwich rises 912 ft (278 meters) over 88 storeys and is situated in Downtown Manhattan, two blocks south of the World Commerce Heart advanced.
It incorporates 272 residences, starting from studios to three-bedrooms and facilities together with a lounge, pool and projection room distributed on its sixteenth and high three ranges.
The skyscraper consists of a glass tower with curved corners which sits upon an eight-storey base. The higher glass quantity is bisected by opaque “hexagonal mechanical flooring”, which act as structural windbreaks and break up the constructing visually.
Two structural partitions, formed like big I-beams, rise via the centre of the constructing and emerge alongside its sides.
“The Greenwich by Rafael Viñoly embodies the essence of my father’s uncompromising modernism,” mentioned director of Rafael Viñoly Architects Román Viñoly.
“The constructing’s uniquely swish type consists of two sculpted prisms suspended from monumental I-beam cores – a direct expression of its construction.”
The “unusual” construction additionally creates a extra wind-resistant tower, based on the studio.
“Constructed as two side-by-side monumental I-beams rotated 90 levels into the sky, the tower’s unusual construction is particularly proof against wind forces,” mentioned the group.
The studio additionally adopted an “unconventional method” in designing the tower, choosing a shorter tower with wider floorplates in distinction to the “pencil-thin and sky-high” towers being inbuilt New York Metropolis.
“Rafael Viñoly Architects resisted the architectural development to construct pencil-thin and sky-high, maximizing zoning top allowances,” mentioned the group.
“In an unconventional method to present residential tower design in New York Metropolis, the 125 Greenwich Road design opts for a shorter constructing with a bigger flooring plate, a context-sensitive resolution that additionally creates extra beneficiant condo layouts.”
Its structural design additionally reduces the necessity for columns, additional opening up the inside.
“With a diminished setback requirement and a virtually column-free inside, the tower’s flooring plan accommodates each generosity and suppleness in planning the condo layouts,” mentioned the group.
The tower’s interiors had been accomplished by inside design studio MAWD. The studio organised its flats into three totally different materials palettes knowledgeable by the pure browns of the bottom airplane, the blues of the Hudson river and softer, white tones of the clouds.
Some facilities are nonetheless being accomplished.
Earlier this yr, reviews famous that the tower had caught fireplace whereas below building.
It is likely one of the “final masterpieces” by late architect Rafael Viñoly, who handed away in 2023 on the age of 78.
“The design creates a set of panoramic residences that take full benefit of a privileged location in one of many biggest cities on the earth. Drawing from his lifetime of experiences working across the globe, The Greenwich is a sublime and highly effective testomony to my father’s artistic imaginative and prescient,” mentioned Roman Viñoly.
Latest tasks unveiled by his studio embrace plans for a winery coated airport terminal in Italy and 4 skyscrapers for Toronto.
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