
15 Hudson Yards Infuses Culture into Manhattan Skyline
New York City’s Hudson Yards neighborhood heralded the arrival of a 70-story super-slender tower that features more than 250 condominiums and rental units.
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Monday, July 8, 2019
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The Culture Shed features a retractable roof that “docks” within the tower to create open public space when it is not in use.
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The Culture Shed’s motorized roof slides back and forth on large tracked wheels to create a versatile performance space.
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The nodes and reinforcement to create the “K-Wall Design” were assembled by the contractor at 55 Hudson Yards building, where they demonstrated the possibilities with the transfer structure.
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The tapering high-rise building transforms at the 25th floor level from a rectangular floor plate at the base to a curved “four-petal” geometry at the tower top.