Construction Update: Journal Squared Tower 3
Facade installation is nearing completion at the third and final tower of KRE Group and National Real Estate Advisors’ Journal Squared, a 2.3 million square feet mixed use development in the Journal Square neighborhood of Jersey City. Designed by Handel Architects and HWKN, the 60-story tower is clad in the same grid of white metal panels and punched windows as the two adjacent towers from earlier phases. Also present is the alternating blue flagging at the windows and the signature vertical glazing strips that rip through the gridded tower facades.
When completed in the first quarter of 2024, the tower will offer 598 rental residences and an additional 18,000 square feet of amenities to the large collection already present in the first two towers.
Architects: Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) and Handel Architects; Developers: KRE (Kushner Real Estate Group) and National Real Estate Advisors, a division of NEBF; Structural Engineer: WSP; Mechanical Engineer: Barone Engineering Associates; Building Envelope Consultant: Israel Berger & Associates; Landscape Architect: Melillo + Bauer Associates, Inc.; Identity: Bruce Mau Design; Program: Residential, Retail, and Parking; Location: Jersey City, New Jersey; Completion: 2017 (Phase One), 2020 (Phase Two), 2024 (Phase Three).
Construction Update: Faena Arts District
Faena Forum (center), Faena Bazaar (right), and Faena Park (far right) from Collins Avenue.
Faena Forum
South facade of the Faena Forum.
Southwest corner of the Faena Forum.
West facade of the Faena Forum.
Looking up at the west facade of the Faena Forum.
Northwest corner of the Faena Forum.
Northwest corner of the Faena Forum.
Plaza.
Plaza entry.
Assembly hall.
Assembly hall.
Assembly hall cylinder.
Looking up at the ceiling of the assembly hall cylinder.
Faena Bazaar
East facade of Faena Bazaar.
Looking up at the south facade of Faena Bazaar.
Northeast corner of Faena Bazaar.
Faena Park
East facade of Faena Park.
Looking up at the east facade of Faena Park.
Close-up of the facade of Faena Park.
Columbia University Manhattanville Campus
Southeast corner of the Science Center.
Construction is wrapping up at Renzo Piano's Jerome L. Greene Science Center, the first building for Columbia University's Manhattanville Campus expansion. Set to open Spring 2017, the 9-story, 450,000 square-foot building will bring together researchers from across the University including the Columbia University Medical Center, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. The ground floor will house the Center for Education and Outreach, a public education center focused on brain science that will serve the general public and K-12 schools.
Looking east towards the Manhattanville Expansion campus.
Work is also wrapping up on the Lenfest Center for the Arts, the smaller structure located adjacent to the Science Center. Also designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW), the Center for the Arts houses galleries, performance spaces, a screening room, and offices in an eight-story structure. A unitized panel system of white metal and glass clads the exterior, a similar look to the firm's new Whitney Museum at the High Line.
Southeast corner of the Science Center.
The third RPBW building in Columbia University's master plan for the Manhattanville campus, the Academic Conference Center, has reached ground level. Located south of the Science Center, it will house a 400-seat auditorium and state-of-the-art seminar and meeting rooms inside a five-story structure.
The site of the Academic Conference Center (center) and the Science Center (right).
South facade of the Science Center(center) and Center for the Arts (left) from the 125th Street subway station.
Southeast corner of the Science Center at West 129th Street.
Ground floor façade of the Science Center.
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Davis Brody Bond LLP (Science Center and Center for the Arts), RPBW with Dattner Architects (Academic Conference Center); Structure: WSP; MEP Engineer: Jaros, Baum & Bolles; Facade Consultant: IBA; Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2017 (Science Center and Center for the Arts), 2018 (Academic Conference Center).
VIA 57 WEST at 625 West 57th Street
Construction is wrapping up at the Durst Organization's VIA 57 WEST on the Hudson River waterfront. Designed by Bjarke Ingels of BIG, the 470-foot-tall "courtscraper" includes 709 residential rental units and 45,000-square-feet of commercial retail space. Renters began to move in this past spring and now the building's amenities have opened, with the branding of VIA Garden, VIA Social, and VIA Fit.
VIA Garden
Designed by Starr Whitehouse, the building's 22,000-square-foot courtyard features native plants and trees, along with seating and an outdoor grilling area.
Looking west from the courtyard entrance.
Looking up from the courtyard.
The courtyard's winding brick path and newly planted trees.
Organic bench seating in the courtyard.
Looking east from the western edge of the courtyard.
Hudson River view from the western edge of the courtyard.
Hudson River view from the western edge of the courtyard.
VIA Social: East Resident Lounge
East resident lounge seating with a view of Stephen Glassman Studio's "Flows Two Ways."
Detail of Stephen Glassman Studio's "Flow Two Ways."
VIA Social: West Resident Lounge
VIA Social: Poker Room
Poker room.
Poker room.
VIA Fit
Indoor half basketball court.
Indoor half basketball court.
Developer: The Durst Organization; Architect: BIG (Design Architect), SLCE Architects (Architect of Record); Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti Group Inc.; Exterior Wall: Enclos Corp.; Landscape Architect: Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Hell's Kitchen, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
170 Amsterdam Avenue
Architects: Handel Architects; Program: Residential; Location: New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
Handel Architects' concrete diagrid tower at Lincoln Square is approaching actual topping out, following the ceremonial celebration a few weeks back. The tarp covering the lower half of the floors has been removed to reveal the black framed windows of the exterior enclosure. When completed, the 20 story tower will accommodate 239 residential units.