Construction Update: 44-54 Ninth Avenue
Construction scaffolding is coming down at Tavros Capital’s 44-54 Ninth Avenue in the Meatpacking District of New York. Designed by BKSK Architects, the development includes the restoration and renovation of two existing structures and a new 9-story infill structure behind. When completed, the development will offer ground floor retail and office space in the restored and new structures.
Both existing structures, the three-story that fronts Ninth Avenue and the four-story fronting West 14th Street, will have the stucco removed from their facades to reveal the original brick. For the structure fronting Ninth Avenue, the original shutters and slate roof will be restored, along with a reconstruction of the original light well chimneys.
Southwest corner of the infill volume.
For the new infill volume, the facade consists of a custom matte glazed terracotta screen by Cladding Concepts with an aluminum and glass window wall behind. The rectangular grid of the terracotta screen features vertical members that vary in width by floor, transitioning from 18” at the fifth floor to 6” at the eighth floor.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the infill volume.
Close-up of the infill volume’s terracotta facade screen with varying thickness of vertical fins and window wall behind.
West facade of the infill volume.
Close-up of the infill volume’s west facade.
Architect: BKSK Architects; Developer: Tavros Capital; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Meatpacking District, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Tour: Pier 55 - Little Island
Heatherwick Studio’s park, known as Little Island, at Pier 55 in Hudson River Park has officially opened. Located near the Meatpacking District and the High Line, the design of the 2.4 acre park features an undulating field of 132 pots with plantings sitting on 280 concrete piles. At the park’s peak, the pots rise 30 feet into the air and can weigh more than 90 tons. Four to six petals of lightweight concrete combine to form each of the pots. MNLA led the landscape design, which is inspired by the textures and colors of coastal Acadia National Park in Maine. The park offers a 700-seat amphitheater for music, dance, and theater productions, along with numerous pathways and viewing platforms.
Architect: Heatherwick Studio; Landscape Architect: Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architect; Client: Hudson River Park; Program: park; Location: Meatpacking District, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: David Hammons' Days End at Hudson River Park
Construction is nearing completion on David Hammons’ Days End permanent installation in Hudson River Park’s Gansevoort Peninsula for the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Hudson River Park Trust. Inspired by Gordon Matta-Clark’s 1975 artwork also titled Days End, the open structure follows the outline of the Pier 52 shed that Matta-Clark cut five openings into. The sixth and final frame was installed this past weekend.
Artist: David Hammons; Client: Whitney Museum of American Art and Hudson River Park Trust; Location: Hudson River Park, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: David Hammons' Days End at Hudson River Park
Construction is underway on David Hammons’ Days End permanent installation in Hudson River Park’s Gansevoort Peninsula for the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Hudson River Park Trust. Inspired by Gordon Matta-Clark’s 1975 artwork also titled Days End, the open structure follows the outline of the Pier 52 shed that Matta-Clark cut five openings into.
Artist: David Hammons; Client: Whitney Museum of American Art and Hudson River Park Trust; Location: Hudson River Park, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: Pier 55 - Little Island
Installation of the concrete pots is nearing completion at Heatherwick Studio’s Pier 55 park in the Hudson River. Located near the Meatpacking District and the High Line, the design of the 2.4 acre park features an undulating field of 132 pots with plantings sitting on 280 concrete piles. At the park’s peak, the pots rise 30 feet into the air and can weigh more than 90 tons. Four to six petals of lightweight concrete combine to form each of the pots. MNLA is overseeing the landscape design, which is inspired by the textures and colors of coastal Acadia National Park in Maine. The park will offer a 700-seat amphitheater for music, dance, and theater productions, along with numerous pathways and viewing platforms. Completion is expected in the spring of 2021.
Little Island from the future site of Gansevoort Peninsula.
Planting mockup.
Architect: Heatherwick Studio; Landscape Architect: Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architect; Client: Hudson River Park; Program: park; Location: Meatpacking District, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: Pier 55 - Little Island
Installation of the concrete pots is nearing completion at Heatherwick Studio’s Pier 55 park in the Hudson River. Located near the Meatpacking District and the High Line, the design of the 2.4 acre park features an undulating field of 132 pots with plantings sitting on 280 concrete piles. At the park’s peak, the pots rise 30 feet into the air and can weigh more than 90 tons. Four to six petals of lightweight concrete combine to form each of the pots. The park will offer a 700-seat amphitheater for music, dance, and theater productions, along with numerous pathways and viewing platforms. Completion is expected in the spring of 2021.
A renovated section of the adjacent Hudson River Park promenade, designed by Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, has also recently reopened.
Architect: Heatherwick Studio; Landscape Architect: Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architect; Client: Hudson River Park; Program: park; Location: Meatpacking District, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 500 West 18th Street - One High Line
West facades from the Hudson River.
Superstructure continues to rise at the east tower of HFZ Capital Group's The Eleventh, a mixed use development at 76 11th Avenue. Designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the development consists of two twisting towers atop an 85 foot podium adjacent to the High Line. The 36-story west tower rises 400 feet and will consist of residential units and supporting amenities. A 26-story east tower, whose superstructure has reached the three quarters mark, will eventually rise 300 feet and consist of a mixture of residential units on the upper floors and a Six Senses hotel on the lower floors.
West facades from the Hudson River.
Looking south towards the west tower.
Southeast corner of the east tower.
East facade of the east tower.
View of the east tower rising above the High Line.
Looking up at the east (right) and west (left) towers.
Southwest corner of the west tower (foreground) and the east tower (background).
Looking up at the west facade of the west tower.
Looking up at the north facade of the west tower.
Northeast corner of the towers.
Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (Design Architect), Woods Bagot (Architect of Record); Developer: HFZ Capital Group; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: 40 10th Avenue
Southwest corner.
Facade installation is wrapping up at Aurora Capital and William Gottlieb Real Estate's 40 Tenth Avenue, the 10-story, 140,000 square foot spec office building adjacent to the High Line at West 13th Street. Design of the tower is led by Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang and uses the firm's strategy of "solar carving" which, according to their website, "uses incident angles of the sun’s rays to sculpt a building’s form." The northwest and southeast corner of the rectangular tower massing is carved away by this principle to produce a faceted façade and allow more sunlight to reach the adjacent green space of the High Line and the street.
Looking up at the south facade from Washington Street.
Southeast facade from the High Line.
Northwest corner.
Northwest corner.
Southeast corner.
Southeast corner.
Southeast corner.
Looking down on the High Line.
View east.
Architect: Studio Gang; Developer: Aurora Capital and William Gottlieb Real Estate; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Meatpacking District, New York, New York; Completion: March 2019.
Construction Update: Pier 55 - Little Island
Installation of the concrete pots has begun at Heatherwick Studio’s Pier 55 park in the Hudson River. Located near the Meatpacking District and the High Line, the design of the 2.4 acre park features an undulating field of 132 pots with plantings sitting on 280 concrete piles. At the park’s peak, the pots rise 30 feet into the air and can weigh more than 90 tons. Four to six petals of lightweight concrete combine to form each of the pots. The park will offer a 700-seat amphitheater for music, dance, and theater productions, along with numerous pathways and viewing platforms. Completion is expected in the spring of 2021.
Architect: Heatherwick Studio; Client: Hudson River Park; Program: park; Location: Meatpacking District, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Tour: 500 West 18th Street - One High Line
Looking south towards the west tower (left) and Lower Manhattan.
Superstructure has topped out and facade installation continues at the west tower of HFZ Capital Group's The Eleventh, a mixed use development at 76 11th Avenue. Designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the development consists of two twisting towers atop an 85 foot podium adjacent to the High Line. The 36-story west tower rises 400 feet and will consist of residential units and supporting amenities. A 26-story east tower, recently started, will rise 300 feet and consist of a mixture of residential units on the upper floors and a Six Senses hotel on the lower floors.
West facade of the west tower.
East facade of the west tower.
Northeast corner of the west tower from the High Line.
Cladding for the towers include unitized window wall system with a bronze trim and travertine composite panels, which will eventually clad the structural piers and slabs surrounding the windows.
Closeup of the northeast corner of the west tower.
Southeast corner of the west tower (background) and the start of the east tower (foreground).
Looking up at the northeast corner of the west tower.
Looking up at the north facade of the west tower.
West Tower Rooftop
Southwest corner of the rooftop of the west tower.
View south towards Chelsea and Lower Manhattan from the rooftop of the west tower.
Rooftop view of One World Trade Center rising above Lower Manhattan.
View north towards Hudson Yards and Midtown from the west tower.
West Tower Residential Units
View of Chelsea’s iconic architecture from a northwest corner unit.
View of the Hudson River waterfront from a southwest corner unit.
View of Hudson Yards from a north facing unit.
East Tower
Looking down on the site of the east tower, starting its rise.
East tower and sitework underneath the High Line.
Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (Design Architect), Woods Bagot (Architect of Record); Developer: HFZ Capital Group; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.