100 Eleventh Avenue

Key Information and Details:

• 23-story tower
• On the intersection of 19th Street and the West Side Highway, along the Hudson River
• It is primarily a glass and steel building
• The current building is a descendant in terms of concept of Nouvel’s 1987 Headquarters for the Arab World Institute in Paris
• The building makes use of naturals elements such as light, air and the urban setting to enhance its own presence
• The main south curtain is made up of around 1,650 colorless windowpanes that vary in shape and size.
• They are organized in this panels that Nouvel calls “megapanels”. These vary in height and can be as tall as 16 feet and 37 feet across
• Each windowpane inside these megapanels is tilted at a different angle and in a different direction – up, down, in, out The window panes inside the “megapanels” are all tilted at different angles to create its mismatch, scaly façade. The protrude out in different directions.
• The windows are tinted and have different degrees of transparency.
• the north and east facades will be clad in black brick that references the masonry characteristic of West Chelsea’s industrial architecture The North and East façades are built in brick to resemble the area’s industrial architecture.
• The masonry is also the stark opposite of the building’s other sides.
• The punched windows of different sizes on the façade frame dramatic views
• There is a space that is enveloped by the multifaceted glass curtain and the street wall and it forms this small atrium. There is a path to walk through it without actually being inside the building.
• Because of the angles at which the glass panels are placed, in some spots inside the building, you can hear heavy wind howling.
• The joints could be the reason for this. There was a noticeable 1 inch gap between some windows.

 

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