The roof is a single unit so I’m not sure where two towers is coming from. Like, if ignore the roof I can see “two” towers joined in the middle.
Seems like maybe it was originally two towers and, despite the renderings, this hasn’t been updated to a single tower in reporting.
Lott St will come first imo. They already filed zoning review documents for it.
It is called two towers because it will be built in two independent, entirely self contained phases, each with its own lobbies, elevators, and exit stairs. There is even an expansion joint between the two buildings and you wont be able to walk from one building to the other on the residential floors, though they will share trash and bike rooms on the first floor.
The reason for this is financial: this project is so gargantuan that they want to be able to start the first phase after getting funding for it without having to wait to get enough funding for both phases.
(I was curious if zoning had any impact so i looked into that as well. The zoning specifies a maximum diagonal dimension of 180 feet for a building. But the site wouldn’t hit this limit even as a single building, so that has nothing to do with it)
Wow that’s super interesting! So visually when finished it’ll look like a single tower, but engineering-wise its two distinct structures. Very cool
One would think the extra cost of the redundancies associated with constructing as two separate structures would vastly outweigh the benefits, i.e. duplicative elevators, egress stairs, electrical utility plants, etc.
But what do i know?
Yeah you would think. But this developer, Namdar, is the most cost efficient developer I’ve ever encountered in studying development in the NYC region for 20 years. I am sure they ran the numbers…
That base is a total trainwreck. It’s hard to understand how an architect just doesn’t inherently understand that it’s breaking natures law. I’m really hoping this gets sorted.
Maybe a trainwreck, but it does look different than the other buildings around, which is a good thing. It’s nice when they’re not all the same.
Not much but it looks like Namdar updated the renderings for 3000 JFK. I honestly prefer the more modern design and biophilic elements.
The base is still a mess.
Looks better than what is there now.
How is it a mess
Biophilic?
These truths to be self-evident
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