New York City, NY
The site on the corner of 20th St and 10th Ave requires an attention to entry and an awareness of its effect on the New York Highline Park.
The most important characteristic to consider is how the building touches the ground – in this case, the edges on three sides, plus the elevated Highline, are the main focus, demanding a strong connection between them.
However, the nature of the Highline should be maintained, so the apartment complex must interact with the old rail system and incorporate similar elements within the building.
Being the nesting place for so many prominent entry points, it seemed that the tower should be a transparent catalyst of cultural activity. The activities are displayed vertically and are widely visible from the street and the highline.
This interaction is both visual – by means of viewing from and through the high rise – and physical in the sense of movement and threshold through a stacked variation of the Highline’s cultural activities.
2012
University of Florida
Co-Designer: Cory Heck