Official Name: West57
Former / Other Names: Pyramid, West 57th, W57
Street Address: 625 West 57th Street (Map)
Building Function: residential
Proposed: 2011
Start of Construction: 2013
Completion: 2015
Figures
Height: Architectural: 142.3 meter / 467 feet
Height: To Tip: 142.3 meter / 467 feet
Floors Above: Ground 32
No. of Apartments: 750
Companies Involved
Developer: Durst Fetner Residential
Architects
Design: Bjarke Ingels Group
Architect of Record: SLCE Architects
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
MEP Engineer: Dagher Engineering, PLLC
Main Contractor: Hunter Roberts Construction Group
625 West 57th Street is now rising rapidly, and the site has seen major progress over the past few months; the building is being developed by Durst, and Bjarke Ingels of BIG is the project’s architect.
The first steel that will form the backbone for the facade
The superstructure’s intricacies are just becoming obvious, as the tetrahedral tower reveals its ground-breaking shape; the first exterior steel, which will form the back-bone of the built envelope, is currently being installed on the site’s southwest corner. Staggered setbacks cast in concrete will meld with metal to create BIG’s innovative exploration of what 21st Century living should actually be like, moving beyond the traditional mold for residential construction.
625 West 57th Street
Per a recent statement from Durst, the building’s courtyard is “inspired by the classic Copenhagen urban oasis,” and “serves to extend the adjacent greenery of the Hudson River Park,” existing as ‘a hybrid between the European perimeter block and a traditional Manhattan high-rise development.”
625 West 57th Street’s 58th Street-facing side
625 West 57th Street will have 709 units spanning 32 floors, and the tower is roughly one-quarter of the way up. Lower levels are significantly larger than the upper stories, so apparent speed will likely increase as the building rises and floor-plates contract. Completion is just over a year out, and BIG’s West Side icon will open in the fall of 2015.
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