VIA 57 West

Coordinates: 40°46′16.8″N 73°59′35″W / 40.771333°N 73.99306°W / 40.771333; -73.99306

VIA 57 West
Via 57 West from Pier 66
Alternative names Pyramid, West 57th, W57, West57, Tetrahedron
General information
Status Complete
Type Residential
Architectural style Modern
Address 625 West 57th Street, New York, NY, 10019
Town or city Manhattan, New York City
Country United States
Construction started 2013
Completed 2016
Height
Architectural 467 ft (142.3 m)
Tip 467 ft (142.3 m)
Top floor 355 ft (108.2 m)
Technical details
Material concrete
Floor count 34
Floor area 830,995 sq ft (77,200 m2)
Lifts/elevators 11
Design and construction
Architect Bjarke Ingels Group (DIG)(BIC)
Developer The Durst Organization
Engineer Thornton Tomasetti
Main contractor Hunter Roberts Construction Group
Awards and prizes 2016 CTBUH Tall Building Awards:
Best Tall Building Americas[1]
Other information
Parking 285
References
[2][3]

VIA 57 West (marketed as VIΛ 57WEST) is the name of a residential building designed by the Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). The pyramid shaped tower block or "tetrahedron" rises 467 ft (142 m) and 35 stories tall and is located on West 57th Street in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City.[4] According to The New York Times, the name was chosen "because the southbound West Side Highway slopes down as drivers enter the city, right at the spot where the building is situated", serving as an entrance to Manhattan "via 57th".[5]

Context

Bjarke Ingels met the New York developer Douglas Durst in the early 2000s when he was in Denmark. Durst, who visited Ingels' Copenhagen studio in February 2010, found him very inventive, noting that unlike other architects, "What was striking about his work was that each design was so different, and designed for the locale."[4]

In spring 2010, Durst Fetner Residential commissioned BIG to bring a new residential typology to Manhattan. In 2011, BIG opened an office in New York to supervise W57's development and construction.[6] By mid-2012, the office had a staff of about 50, and as of 2015, it employs over 150 people in New York.[4]

West 57 is Ingels's first New York project. While the views from Manhattan of The 709-unit building may resemble a distorted pyramid with a steeply sloped facade, rising 467 feet (142 m) toward the northeast, it becomes apparent that Bjarke Ingels had something else in mind as viewed from across the water in Weehawkin, New Jersey. The most unrecognized feature created by the building's sloped facade is the appearance it gives of an extra large sailing vessel making its way across the Hudson River (as seen from Blvd.East in Weehawkin).(view in google street view) [7] The triangular structure has been described as a hybrid between a European perimeter block and a traditional Manhattan high-rise.[6] With its angular balconies around an integrated green plaza, the block will connect with the waterfront and the Hudson River Park, taking full account of the surroundings while providing fine views with little traffic noise.[4][8] The building has a floor area of 80,000 square metres, including residential and retail programming.[9] The northern façade of the building features a number of balconies skewed at a 45-degree angle, a pattern employed in previous works such as the VM Houses, in the Ørestad section of Copenhagen.[10]

Other features

Landmark Theatres will operate an eight screen theatre on the ground floor of the building.[7]

Awards

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 "CTBUH Names 2016 Tall Building Award Recipients". 22 June 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "VIA 57 West". CTBUH Skyscraper Database.
  3. ↑ VIA 57 West at Emporis
  4. 1 2 3 4 Robbie Whelan, "New Face of Design", The Wall Street Journal, 22 July 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Satow, Julie (2015-05-01). "Naming a New York Building". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  6. 1 2 "West 57th by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group" Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine., ArchiTravel, 20 September 2012, Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  7. 1 2 Wilson, Reid (12 July 2016). "Landmark Theatres to Operate Multiplex at 709-Unit VIA 57 WEST, 625 West 57th Street, Hell's Kitchen". New York YIMBY. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Kelly Minner, "A BIG New York Debut: West 57th", Arch Daily, 7 February 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "References VIA 57 WEST" (PDF). Bjarke Ingels Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  10. ↑ Smith, Stephen (26 August 2014). "Construction Update: Bjarke Ingels' 625 West 57th Street". New York YIMBY. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  11. ↑ "Residential Highrise »VIA 57 West« in New York wins the International Highrise Award 2016". The International Highrise Award. Retrieved 2 November 2016.

Further reading

  • Capps, Kriston (May 1, 2015). "The Great Pyramids of Manhattan". The Atlantic. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  • BIG Architects, Bjarke Ingels Group Projects 2001–2010, Design Media Publishing Ltd, 2011. ISBN 978-9881973863.
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