VIA 57 West
| VIA 57 West | |
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| Basic data | |
| Place: |
New York , United States
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| Construction time : | 2013-2016 |
| Status : | Built |
| Architect : | Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) |
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| Usage : | Living |
| Apartments : | 750 |
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| Height : | 142 m |
| Height to the top: | 142 m |
| Floors : | Total: 34 |
| Elevators : | 11 |
| Usable area : | 77,200 m² |
VIA 57 West (marketed as VIΛ 57 WEST ) is a residential building designed by the Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). The pyramidal or tetrahedral tower is 142 m and 35 stories high; it is located on West 57th Street in Hell's Kitchen , Manhattan . According to the New York Times , the name was chosen "because the south-facing West Side Highway drops off as drivers enter the city, at the exact point where the building is," and the square thus forms an entrance gate to Manhattan.
Emergence
Bjarke Ingels met New York property developer Douglas Durst in the early 2000s while he was in Denmark with his Danish wife. Durst, who visited Ingels' studio in Copenhagen in February 2010, found him very resourceful and noted that, unlike other architects, "every design was different and adapted to the environment."
In the spring of 2010, Durst Fetner Residential commissioned BIG to bring a new type of residential building to Manhattan. In 2011, BIG opened an office in New York to oversee the development and construction of W57. In mid-2012 the office had around 50 employees; currently (2016) it employs 150 people in New York.
West 57 is Ingels' first New York project. The unit with 750 apartments resembles a shifted pyramid with a steeply rising facade that rises up to 142 m to the northeast. The triangular structure has been described as a mixture of a European perimeter block and a traditional Manhattan skyscraper. With its angled balconies around a leafy courtyard, the block connects the banks of the Hudson with the Hudson River Park , blending in with its surroundings and offering spectacular views without too much traffic noise. The building offers a floor space of 80,000 m² for residential and retail use. The north facade has a number of balconies twisted by 45 °, a feature that BIG had already used in previous projects such as the VM Haus in Copenhagen's Ørestad district .
Awards
- 2016 CTBUH Tall Building Awards : Best Tall Building Americas
- 2016 International Highrise Award
- 2016 Emporis Skyscraper Award
photos
Construction site in July 2015
Bjarke Ingels' model
literature
- Kriston Capps: The Great Pyramids of Manhattan . May 1, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- BIG Architects, Bjarke Ingels Group Projects 2001-2010 , Design Media Publishing Ltd, 2011, 232 pages. ISBN 978-9881973863 .
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- ↑ a b c d Robbie Whelan "New Face of Design" , Wall Street Journal , July 22, 2012, accessed on 14 October 2012 found.
- ^ Julie Satow: Naming a New York Building . In: The New York Times , May 1, 2015.
- ↑ a b "West 57th by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group" ( Memento of the original dated 2 April 2015, Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ArchiTravel , September 20, 2012, accessed October 14, 2012.
- ↑ Kelly Minner, "A BIG New York Debut: West 57th" , Arch Daily , February 7, 2012, accessed on 14 October 2012 found.
- ↑ References VIA 57 WEST . Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ↑ Stephen Smith: Construction Update: Bjarke Ingels' 625 West 57th Street - New York YIMBY . August 26, 2014.
- ↑ CTBUH Names 2016 Tall Building Award Recipients . June 22, 2016.
- ↑ Residential Highrise "VIA 57 West" in New York wins the International Highrise Award 2016 ( Memento of the original September 13, 2016 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The International Highrise Award , accessed November 2, 2016.
Web links
Coordinates: 40 ° 46 ′ 17.2 ″ N , 73 ° 59 ′ 35 ″ W.