Construction Update: 56 Leonard Street - Anish Kapoor Sculpture
Construction is nearing completion on the Anish Kapoor sculpture at the base of Herzog & de Meuron’s 56 Leonard residential tower in Tribeca. The stainless steel bean-shaped form resembles Kapoor’s Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago’s Millennium Park. The protective wrapping has been removed, revealing the mirror finish on the sculpture.
Artist: Anish Kapoor; Architects: Herzog & de Meuron with Hill West Architects; Structural Engineers: WSP; Developers: Alexico Group, Hines; Program: Residential; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2017 (tower), 2021 (sculpture).
Construction Update: 56 Leonard Street - Anish Kapoor Sculpture
Construction is nearing completion on the Anish Kapoor sculpture at the base of Herzog & de Meuron’s 56 Leonard residential tower in Tribeca. The stainless steel bean-shaped form resembles Kapoor’s Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
Artist: Anish Kapoor; Architects: Herzog & de Meuron with Hill West Architects; Structural Engineers: WSP; Developers: Alexico Group, Hines; Program: Residential; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2017 (tower), 2021 (sculpture).
Tour: 56 Leonard Street
One of the standout projects of New York’s recent construction boom is Alexico Group and Hines’ 56 Leonard, the 145-unit, 830 foot tall residential tower in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Herzog & deMeuron, the tower is often affectionately referred to as the Jenga tower for its massing of stacked floor plates with a multitude of alternating balconies that resembles the stacked block game.
While the majority of the tower's floor plates alternate the balcony locations on every other floor in an A/B pattern, the upper floors of the tower are designed with a less homogeneous variation. Each of the final 11 floor plates are unique, creating variations in how each floor overhangs or recedes from the other.
Penthouse
The penthouses on the top 11 floors feature 14 foot floor-to-floor ceilings, a kitchen with a Herzog & de Meuron custom-designed grand piano-shaped island and a custom-sculpted range hood, a sculptural white enameled steel wood burning fireplace, a five-fixture master bathroom of travertine and Thassoss marble with radiant heated floors, and multiple terraces with panoramic views of the city.
Model Residence
Amentiy Floor
Residents have access to numerous amenities including a 75 foot lap pool with sundeck, gym, screening room, lounge, private dining room and playroom.
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron with Hill West Architects; Structural Engineers: WSP; Developers: Alexico Group, Hines; Program: Residential; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
56 Leonard Street
Curtain wall installation continues at 56 Leonard, the 145-unit, 830 foot tall residential tower designed by Herzog & deMeuron and located in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. Since January's update, five more floors of glass exterior wall have been added to the tower, reaching the 33rd floor.
Superstructure progress appears to have slowed down with the pouring of the final 11 floors, where the floor plates are the most varied. While the majority of the tower's floor plates alternate the balcony locations on every other floor in an A/B pattern, the upper floors of the tower are designed with a less homogeneous variation. Each of the final 11 floor plates should be unique, creating variations in how each floor overhangs or recedes from the other.
Looking south on Church Street.
Northeast corner from Church Street.
Northeast corner from Leonard Street.
Northeast corner.
East facade from Church Street.
Southeast corner from Church Street.
South facade from the Laight Street bridge.
North facade from Leonard Street.
Northwest corner from Leonard Street.
West facade from West Broadway.
Northwest corner from West Broadway.
Northwest corner from the Laight Street bridge.
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron with Goldstein Hill & West Architects; Structural Engineers: WSP; Developers: Alexico Group, Hines; Program: Residential; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
56 Leonard Street
The shifting floors continue to rise at Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard tower in TriBeCa. Structure has reached the 50th floor and the glass window wall has been installed up to the 28th floor. The iconic tower already asserts its striking presence from many points in the city and the effect will only increase as the final 11 floors, where the shifting is most pronounced, takes shape. When completed, the condo tower will include 145 units, each with their own unique layout thanks to the architects' shifting floor plate strategy.
Construction Progress Diagram. Rendering © Herzog & de Meuron.
North facade from Church Street.
South facade from Church Street.
Northeast corner from Church Street.
Northeast corner detail from Leonard Street.
Northeast corner detail from Church Street.
Northeast corner from Church Street.
North facade from Leonard Street.
South facade from Worth Street.
Northwest corner from Leonard Street.
West facade from West Broadway.
Northwest corner from West Broadway.
Northwest corner from West Broadway.
Northwest corner from the Laight Street bridge.
Lower Manhattan skyline with 56 Leonard (left), 30 Park Place (center), and One World Trade Center (right) from Pier 34.
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron with Goldstein Hill & West Architects; Structural Engineers: WSP; Developers: Alexico Group, Hines; Program: Residential; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
56 Leonard Street
Construction has surpassed the 40th floor at Herzog & deMeuron's tower in Tribeca. The tower has risen past the two thirds mark of its final height of 821 feet and 60 stories. Cantilevered floor slabs create a stacked box appearance to the tower, exaggerated by larger cantilevers at the first seven floors and the penthouse floors at the top. Exterior envelop has been installed on the lower floors, where the stacked box design is more pronounced, and on the more regular mid tier. When completed, the tower will bring 145 unique residences.
Looking south on Church Street with 56 Leonard, right, and 30 Park Place, left.
Northeast corner from Church Street.
Northeast corner from Church Street.
Detail of northeast corner.
Detail of northeast corner.
North facade from Leonard Street.
Detail of north facade.
Detail of northeast corner.
East facade from Church Street.
Southeast corner from Church Street.
Southeast corner.
West facade from West Broadway and Leonard Street.
Detail of northeast corner.
Northeast corner from Varick Street.
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron; Developers: Alexico Group, Hines; Program: Residential; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
56 Leonard Street
The first glass curtain wall units are going up at Herzog & de Meuron's residential tower in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. Installation on the head and sill receptors to receive the glass units has been underway for the past month. The receptors create a thin light metal line on the facade, while the glass appears to be very reflective with minimal vertical lines at the seams between panels. For now, glass has only been installed on the northwest corner of the third floor. Glass rails have also started going up on the lower floor terraces.
Overall, the tower structure has reached the half way mark, with concrete pours happening on the 30th of it 60 floors.
UPDATE 06/24/2014:
One full rectangular unit has been enclosed with the glass exterior envelope as of this morning.
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron; Program: Residential; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
56 Leonard Street
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron; Program: Residential; Location: New York, NY
Work has progressed slowly on Herzog & de Meuron's first New York project, with concrete superstructure barely surpassing ten floors after starting construction in the spring of 2013. The residential tower will reach a height of 821 feet (250 m) with 145 unique apartments on 57 floors. Units will shift outward from the rectangular envelope at various locations to create balconies that also provide visual interest to the tower, though much of this strategy occurs in the floors closest to the street and in the penthouses on the top nine floors. On typical floors much of the visual effect of shifting volumes is achieved by conventional slab extensions that form balconies with glass railing. The exterior envelope is conceptually a basic window wall construction where glass units rest on and are anchored to the slab, which is left exposed at its edges. Here, the architects have shaped the concrete slab edge with a concave form to provide a refined look to an otherwise banal detail. For now, planned completion is estimated for 2016 by the architects.
