Construction Update: Greenpoint Landing - Eagle + West
Construction is wrapping up at Greenpoint Landing’s fourth market rate site Eagle + West, a two tower development by Brookfield Properties that offers 745 residential rental units. Designed by Jason Long of OMA New York, the 30 and 40-story towers feature a massing that recalls a ziggurat and its inverse.
Eagle + West at sunrise on the Williamsburg waterfront, with the towers of Hunters Point South visible to the north (left).
The form of the taller southwest tower features four inverted cantilever phases on the 14th, 21st, 28th, and 36th floor that extend the cantilever to a total of 50 feet from the base structure to the top floors. At each cantilevered phase, engineered steel truss platforms were installed to support and take the load of the cantilever during construction. Once the platforms are removed, the cantilevered slabs are supported by sloping columns designed to transfer the load back to the structure and hung columns reinforced with multi strand post tension to support the structure suspended from above, like a suspension bridge. The post tension multi strand reinforcing, protected by plastic sleeves, is pulled at the top of each column to bring them into tension to support the cantilever.
Northeast corner of Eagle + West, amongst the other towers of Greenpoint Landing (right).
Close-up of the tower facade.
Southeast corner from West Street.
Southeast corner.
Precast concrete panels with 8 foot square windows clad the towers and feature angled planes that change orientation with each block of setbacks and cantilevers.
Looking up at the east facade at the 277 West Street residential entry.
The residential entry canopy at 277 West Street.
Close-up of the ground floor facade.
Looking up at the south facade.
The two towers are linked by a bridge that contains a pool and fitness center with Manhattan skyline views.
Residential entry at the south facade.
Residential Entrance Lobby
Concierge desk at the residential entry lobby.
Residential Amenities
Amenity lounge under construction.
Residents have access to 42,000 square feet of amenities that include a great room, test kitchen, coworking center, fitness center & yoga studio, spin studio, indoor and outdoor pools, pool lounge, central terrace, crash pad, the workshop, game room, and children’s room.
Pool Lounge
Pool Lounge
Great Room
Great Room
Central Terrace
Looking up at the east facade and the hanging platform for the overhang cladding.
Coworking Center
View west towards Midtown Manhattan from the south tower terrace.
Residences
Greenpoint Landing’s waterfront towers.
North facade from Hunters Point South Park.
Architect: OMA New York with Beyer Blinder Belle; Structural Engineer: DeSimone Consulting Engineers; MEP and LEED: Cosentini Associates; Facade: Thornton Tomasetti; Waterfront Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Interior and Landscape Architect: Marmol Radziner; Concrete: Highbury Concrete; Developers: Brookfield Property Partners, Park Tower Group; Program: Residential, Retail, Park; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
