BIG . photos: © Evan Joseph
BIG completes One High Line.
One High Line is located along the High Line in NYC, neighboring a cluster of buildings by Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel and Shigeru Ban among others.
The sculptural geometry of the two towers is a direct response to their dense context. At the base, the two towers pull away from each other and the neighboring buildings to maximize urban space and views. The twisting geometry at the corners of the towers reduces the overall bulk of the buildings and additional separation between them.
The two towers are connected as they rise 300 and 400 ft into the sky. Their sloping facades open up and allow light and air to descend into the pocket park of the courtyard.
The façade design is inspired by the punched windows seen in the historic warehouses of the Meatpacking and West Chelsea neighborhoods. The façade patterning functions as an honest expression of the gridded structural logic of the building, which steps to follow the movement of the towers’ geometry.
A through-block street between 17th and 18th Streets will provide tenant and visitor access to the residential lobbies, with a vehicular drop-off at a landscaped mid-block inner courtyard. The hotel will be accessed on 18th Stree adjacent to the High Line. The project also includes below grade parking, a five-story commercial building, and a multi-level retail space with frontage below the High Line, facing a public plaza along 10th Avenue.
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