Lower Manhattan, New York
Constructing the Skyline:
The image of the skyline is an important way of understanding the city as a whole. Our project grafts itself onto the existing cityscape and reintroduces the pyramidal profile that has always been identified with Lower Manhattan. Breaking down of the building mass into discreet elements, and termination of the towers at varying irregular heights, allow the project to simultaneously read as a single entity and as part of the continuum of urban fabric.
Scale:
Manhattan - and Lower Manhattan in particular - is characterized by radical juxtaposition of scales. It is one of the aspects of the urban fabric that makes the experience of being in New York so unique and exciting. The project exploits this condition, for example, by scaling one of its four towers to the height of the steeples of Trinity Church and St. Paul's Chapel.