This morning, while walking down Union Square i noticed the new tall and slim tower at One Madison Park, currently under construction. The developer of this tower, Slazer Enterprises, is also working on an adjacent project with OMA, which resulted on their first residential tower in New York, which was unveiled yesterday.
Located at at 23 East 22nd St, the 335 ft (107 m) tall mid-rise tower -which you can see on the second plane behind One Madison Park at the rendering- features an innovative design when it comes to towers, an evolution of the OMA studies on new high rise designs. The building cantilevers 30 feet over its neighbor, a form that “provides a number of unexpected moments that appear at each step – balconies at the upper part of the building and floor windows at the lower part — providing a variety of unit types and features throughout the building”, in words of Rem Koolhaas.
This project is led by Rem and Shohei Shigematsu, a partner at OMA currently in charge of OMA NY. When we visited their office back in March to interview Shohei (an interview i recommend you to watch), we saw a lot of experimentation around new forms for towers, such at the Jersey City project and the Bicentennial Tower. I bet OMA will surprise us in the future with more innovative tall building designs.
The above rendering is the proposal for the penthouse. The ceiling height and the view of the pool result on a dramatic space. I think that those images are very related to the filming background of Koolhaas.
Well, back to the facts. The project is expected to be completed by 2010, with a budget of USD$200 million. The program includes 18 luxury residences and a screening room for the CAA, spread on 25 floors, with a total area of 50,052 ft2 / 4,650 m2.
I´m eager to see how the cantilever turns out. We´ll stay tuned for more info on this project.
Partners-in-Charge: Rem Koolhaas and Shohei Shigematsu Project Architect: Jason Long Project Manager: Charles Berman
Team: Christin Svensson, Yuri Suzuki, Margaret Arbanas, Leonie Wenz, Christy Cheng, Ritchie Yao, Anna Neimark, Jake Forster, Konrad Krupinski, Richard Sharam, Noah Shepherd, Tsuyoshi Nakamoto, Sandy Yum, Kai Frans, Kelly Hendriks, Ian Starling, Tiffany Wey
Associate Architects and Engineers: Cetra/Ruddy Incorporated Structure: WSP Cantor Seinuk MEP / Services: ADS Engineers Façade: Axis Facades Lighting: Tilloston Design Associates Acoustics: Level Acoustics Vertical Transportation: Lerch Bates Inc. Geotechnical: Langan Engineering IT/Data: Shen Milsom & Wilke Theater Consultant: Blessing & Company Pool Consultant: Joel Trace Architect
