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The future of the city is dense and vertical. Imagine the vertical city, where
the park traverses the building towards the sky from the street, where the
next generation of iconographic architecture is projected onto the visual
cortex of the public realm. Dream.
Densify.
Double the height and redefine the outdoor room that solely signifies the
duality of the New York cityscape. Use available FAR and air-rights to
create the vertical neighborhood proximal to public transportation that
improves the built environment and drives the localized economy. Grow.
Reduce.
Remove and re-purpose the old elements. Layer the new high
performance facade to intercept and re-purpose the local energy flows to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the overall carbon footprint.
Approach Zero.
Increase.
Vertimeme.
VERTIMEME
88%
34%
Reduced
Energy Use Intensity
Window/Wall Ratio
Benchmark
Glazing Angle
Glazing U Value
Improved
Daylight
Solar Shading
57%
Reduced
Cooling Load
Reduced
Space Heating Load
$19 million/yr
Improved
Fresh Air
66%
62%
19%
Complimentary
Zoning
Active Phytoremediation
75%
5%
Active Phytoremediation
Reduced
Base Lighting Load
ASHRAE 2013
Displacement Ventilation
Pre-tempered Air Intake
System Controls
Air Conditioning
82%
Reduced
Fan Load
Hydronic Heating
Deep Water Source Cooling
25%
Daylight Enhancement
PV Panels
Solar Shading
View Shed
Power Management
Lighting Control
PV Panels
57%
Reduced
Equipment Load
9.5%
Solar PV
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40hrs pp/yr
$745 pp/yr
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Reduced
Water Use
Complimentary Zoning
Office/ 67.3
Hotel/ 73.4
Multi-Family/ 78.8
Renewable Energy
73
39
37
34
17
$3 million/yr
$8 million
$40 million/yr
APPROACHING ZERO
Solar Shading
Displacement Ventilation
High Performance
Glazing
Active
Phytoremediation
JUN
JUL
AU
NO
NO
NO
OCT
SEP
OCT
OCT
AU
SEP
SEP
JUL
JUN
Tilted-down Glazing
Blinds
FE
MA
JAN
APR
DEC
MAR
JUN
JUL
AU
Spring/Fall
FE
MA
Self Shading
JAN
APR
DEC
MAR
Displacement Ventilation
Summer
MA
FE
APR
JAN
MAR
DEC
Winter
Tilted-down Glazing
Natural Ventilation
SEASONAL OPERATIONS
Existing Building
Structural Graft
Platform Moves Up
Contruction of New
Structural Exoskeleton
Facade Repositioning
Platform Moves Down
Old Facade is Demolished
New Facade is Constructed
and Deep Energy Retrofit
New Construction
Platform Moves Up
Construction of New Structure
Base Removed for
Retail and Public Park
Facade Installation
CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCING
2,600,000 sf
Increased
Building Areas
The Double
Central Park
Residential
Proximity to Public
Transit Reduces
Carbon Footprint
Park Avenue
Hotel
Stacked Program
Uses Available FAR
to Create More Density
Pool Garden
Fitness/Spa
Restaurant
Carved Base to
Create Public
Plaza & Retail
Sky Garden
Reflects Park Ave
Vertical Amenities
For Life in the Sky
Angled Facade
Reflects
Surrounding City
Integrated Self-Shading
and Solar Energy
Harvesting
Vertical Garden
as Climate Buffer
and Air Purifier
150,701 sf
176,434 sf
FAR
FAR
30
4,521,033 sf
0,458,604 sf
4,979,637 sf
Building Area
Building Area
3,055,900 sf
1,856,000 sf
4,453,296 sf
Air Rights
Air Rights
Project Value
526,341 sf
Project Value
Optimization for
Solar Insolation
$900,000,000
VERTICAL MEMETICS