Cable-supported cylindrical super-slender skyscraper could grow in Midtown Manhattan
04/09/2019.
[NYC] USA
metalocus, ÁNGEL TORNE
metalocus, ÁNGEL TORNE
A new skyscraper for a plot located in New York City's Midtown, are beginning to take shape. RB Systems have published a new proposal for a plot at 265 West 45th Street, in Midtown West. The developer, Extell, recently filed demolition permits for a series of four-story structures at the site.
Architects RB Systems have proposed a 101-story, 1,312-foot-tall cylindrical tower for the site. The speculative tower proposal came to light in 2018 and is one of several potential buildings that has been proposed for the site.
Architects RB Systems have proposed a 101-story, 1,312-foot-tall cylindrical tower for the site. The speculative tower proposal came to light in 2018 and is one of several potential buildings that has been proposed for the site.
Overview. 265 West 45th Street, rendering courtesy RB Systems.
265 West 45th Street from Hudson River, rendering courtesy RB Systems
Image courtesy of RB Systems.
Diagram showing the tower's steel cable structural system. Image courtesy of RB Systems.
265 West 45th Street, rendering courtesy RB Systems.
A cylindrical supertall tower could come to a site in Midtown Manhattan. Image courtesy of RB Systems.
265 West 45th Street lobby (left) and observation deck (right), rendering courtesy RB Systems.
265 West 45th Street office space, rendering courtesy RB Systems.
Observation deck and entrance lobby. Image courtesy RB Systems.
Observation deck. Rendering courtesy RB Systems.
Site plan. Image courtesy RB Systems.
Floor plans. Image courtesy RB Systems.
265 West 45th Street elevation and section. Image courtesy RB Systems.
Details. Image courtesy RB Systems.
Details. Image courtesy RB Systems.
Details. Image courtesy RB Systems.
Details. Image courtesy RB Systems.
At the top of the structure, with a multi-ton tuned mass damper controlled by software. Image courtesy RB Systems.
265 West 45th Street (left) with the Empire State Building (center), rendering courtesy RB Systems
Sizes. Image courtesy RB Systems.
The slender tower is remarkable in that its structural system is made up of steel cables, rather than columns, that tie into the building's foundations and core. At the top of the structure, with a multi-ton tuned mass damper controlled by software, continuously recalibrate itself to best counteract high-velocity winds that can take place press against the tower's upper levels.
The base of the tower has minimal glass-enclosed lobby would meet the ground unceremoniously with a metallic "halo-esque entrance canopy", a hovering reflective chrome ring, providing an canopy over the tower's main entrances. The entrance lobby and observation deck are both designed with a similar ethos.
Employees working in the building would have access to sky lobbies on the 8th, 28th, 49th, 71st, and 81st floor. Executive offices would occupy floors 81-93, and at the top, an observation deck will crown the tower, on its 96th floor. Parking would be included below ground.
The building also resembles a 1956 proposal by famed architect I.M. Pei. The Hyperboloid, which would have been a 108-story, hourglass-shaped tower surpassing the Empire State Building in height. Had it been built, it could have radically altered the look of Midtown, since it would have meant the demolition of the priceless Grand Central Terminal.
A construction timeline for the project has not been unveiled.
The base of the tower has minimal glass-enclosed lobby would meet the ground unceremoniously with a metallic "halo-esque entrance canopy", a hovering reflective chrome ring, providing an canopy over the tower's main entrances. The entrance lobby and observation deck are both designed with a similar ethos.
Employees working in the building would have access to sky lobbies on the 8th, 28th, 49th, 71st, and 81st floor. Executive offices would occupy floors 81-93, and at the top, an observation deck will crown the tower, on its 96th floor. Parking would be included below ground.
The building also resembles a 1956 proposal by famed architect I.M. Pei. The Hyperboloid, which would have been a 108-story, hourglass-shaped tower surpassing the Empire State Building in height. Had it been built, it could have radically altered the look of Midtown, since it would have meant the demolition of the priceless Grand Central Terminal.
A construction timeline for the project has not been unveiled.
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