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VIΛ 57 West
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CONTEXT |
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| Location |
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| Importance of the building in the territory and in the city |
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DESCRIPTION |
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 VIA 57 West is a hybrid between the European perimeter block and a traditional Manhattan high-rise, combining the advantages of both: the compactness and efficiency of a courtyard building with the airiness and the expansive views of a skyscraper. By keeping three corners of the block low and lifting the north-east corner up towards its 450 ft peak, the courtyard opens views towards the Hudson River, bringing low western sun deep into the block and graciously preserving the adjacent Helena Tower's views of the river. The form of the building shifts depending on the viewer's vantage point.
 While appearing like a pyramid from the West-Side-Highway, it turns into a dramatic glass spire from West 58th Street. The courtyard which is inspired by the classic Copenhagen urban oasis can be seen from the street and serves to extend the adjacent greenery of the Hudson River Park into VIA. The slope of the building allows for a transition in scale between the low-rise structures to the south and the high-rise residential towers to the north and west of the site. The highly visible sloping roof consists of a simple ruled surface perforated by terraces - each one unique and south-facing. The fishbone pattern of the walls are also reflected in its elevations.
Every apartment gets a bay window to amplify the benefits of the generous view and balconies which encourage interaction between residents and passers-by. |
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| Bjarke Ingels, Founder, BIG |
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 “New York is rapidly becoming an increasingly green and livable city. The transformation of the Hudson River waterfront and the Highline into green parks, the ongoing effort to plant a million trees, the pedestrianiza on of Broadway and the creation of more miles of bicycle lanes than the entire city of my native Copenhagen are all evidence of urban oases appearing all over the city. With West 57th we attempt to continue this transformation into the heart of the city fabric – into the center of a city block,”
 “The building is conceived as a cross breed between the Copenhagen courtyard and the New York skyscraper. The communal intimacy of the central urban oasis meets the efficiency, density and panoramic views of the tall tower in a new hybrid typology. The courtyard is to architecture what Central Park is to urbanism: a giant green garden surrounded by a dense wall of spaces for living” |
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LOCATION |
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 New York - Manhattan |
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12th Avenue / W 57th Street (Joe Di Maggio Highway)
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Residential buildings
Multiple dwelling
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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2011
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Realisation |
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2016 |
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AWARDS |
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| 2016 |
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Tall Building Award
Best Tall Building Americas
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) |
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AIANY Design Award
Un-Built Work Merit Award |
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA |
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| Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt, Scott Adkins, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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 "VIA at West 57th Street, New York, 2016", A+U. Architecture and Urbanisme 548, may 2016 [Big + Small], pp. 68-79 |
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 "BIG. VIA West 57th Street", Arquitectura Viva 179, noviembre/november 2015 [New York Heights. When Form Follows Finance], " Alturas de Nueva York" pp. 34-37 |
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| "West 57", L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui 405, mars/march 2015, pp. 16-17 |
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sq.m. 77,202 (sq.ft. 830,000)
garden mq. 2,044 (sq.ft. 22,000) |
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STRUCTURES |
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN |
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STAFF |
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| Principal-in-charge |
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| Bjarke Ingels, Thomas Christoffersen, Beat Schenk |
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| Design team |
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| Aleksander Tokarz, Alessandro Ronfini, Alessio Valmori, Alvaro Mendive, Benjamin Schulte, Birk Daugaard, Celine Jeanne, Christoffer Gotfredsen, Daniel Sundlin, Dominyka Mineikyte, Eivor Davidsen, Felicia Guldberg, Florian Oberschneider, Gabrielle Nadeau, Gül Ertekin, Ho Kyung Lee, Hongyi Jin, Julian Liang, Julianne Gola, Laura Youf, Lucian Racovitan, Marcella Martinez, Maria Nikolova, Maya Shopova, Mitesh Dixit, Nicklas A. Rasch, Ola Hariri, Riccardo Mariano, Steffan Heath, Stanley Lung, Tara Hagan, Thilani Rajarathna, Tyler Polich, Valentina Mele, Valerie Lechene, Xu Li, Yi Li |
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Interiors:
Aaron Hales, Alessandro Ronfini, Brian Foster, Christoffer Gotfredsen, Ho Kyung Lee, Hongyi Jin, Ivy Hume, Jenny Chang, Lauren Turner, Mina Rafiee, Rakel Karlsdottir, Tara Hagan, Thomas Fagan, Tiago Barros, Valentina Mele |
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| Systems |
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| Civil engineer |
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| Construction management |
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| Transport planning |
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| Facades consultant |
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| Marketing |
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| Vertical transportation |
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| Acoustical consultant |
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| Aerodynamics and weather resistant consultant |
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| Environmental design |
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| Plastic models, rendering, visualization |
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CREDITS |
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Photos © Iwan Baan
Drawings © BIG Bjarke Ingels Group
Text edited by BIG Bjarke Ingels Group
Courtesy of BIG Bjarke Ingels Group
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