Comments on: OMA unveils design for their first residential tower in NY

By: AD Round Up: OMA Part I - Style of Design

AD Round Up: OMA Part I - Style of Design — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:20:55 +0000

[...] OMA unveils design for their first residential tower in NY 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 (read more…) [...]

By: Comedy Blog

Comedy Blog — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:39:03 +0000

It looks photoshopped.

By: STUDIO

STUDIO — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:47:56 +0000

it would be appreciated if more images available

By: OMA’s new residential tower in New York « Architecture & so on

OMA’s new residential tower in New York « Architecture & so on — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:25:00 +0000

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By: archi-poop

archi-poop — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:50:48 +0000

What crap! Why dont we just make a full scale version of Tetris

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links for 2008-09-15 « thedysh — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:00:38 +0000

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By: anon

anon — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:09:40 +0000

yeah guys, if you look at their website they discuss how the facade is the structure. the exterior act as shear planes and the window pattern was delegated by the shear diagrams. still pretty sick. i love it.

By: critical cow

critical cow — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:09:50 +0000

Well observed milky, I am udderly indebted to you.

By: milky

milky — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:56:12 +0000

The facade is actually very OMA from what I hear. The facade is the structure. If you look at the belly of the building the punch window typology allows for more structural support to hold the cantilever and when you move upwards it becomes less to allow for more of a mullion system.

By: critical cow

critical cow — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:03:37 +0000

This will make a stunning addition to the NY skyline. I note that unlike CCTV or Jean Nouvels proposal for a tower next to MOMA that OMA have decided to conceal the engineering which allows for this canted form behind a very rational facade – a result of the conservative nature of the New York residential market ?