Posted on 01/25/2021 12:41:01 AM PST by nickcarraway
A Turkey-based architecture firm is proposing some big changes to the New York City skyline.
The Sarcostyle Tower, designed by Hayri Atak Architectural Design, looks like no skyscraper on the face of the planet, with its curved, sloping design and sinuous curves.
“Sarcostyle” is a filament that makes up striated muscle fiber, and it’s easy to see where the building gets its name, given its anatomically inspired form.
Seesaws at U.S.-Mexico border win prestigious UK design prize According to Atak, one of the “impressive” effects of the building is “that it creates an image in the mind that is tangent to all of the other neighboring structures but does not exactly resemble them.”
It’s this foray into the uncanny that makes the design so unique.
“It has a transparent, ghostly stance in the city skyline,” Atak mused.
While there’s no plans yet to build the Sarcostyle on the Manhattan waterfront, just the renderings are enough to inspire awe.
Wind tunnel tests aside. I am not certain that a massive set of holes in the middle of a skyscraper are the best possible planning of space. The middle is emptied out. The center should be solid. The center should be the strongest. A hollowed our middle section may cause lots of anxiety and loss of profitability. I would not want to work there.
Looks like something that a deranged liberal would come up with.
The primary reasons for this are (1) it isn't aesthetically pleasing on its own and (2) it isn't an aesthetically pleasing addition to its neighborhood (i.e., it doesn't fit or complement its neighborhood and it could be argued it will cause a decline in neighborhood values).
New architecture is difficult to introduce into city neighborhoods and has to evolve. By evolve I mean that one slightly more unusual structure is added to a neighborhood and if it works (i.e., sells and causes a rise in neighborhood valuations) an another building might over time stretch the boundaries of acceptability a wee bit more until eventually some very unusual structures are built.
If one building is a dud, popularity and sales-wise, the process takes a step back.
The fire escape chutes in the middle of the building look like fun
-PJ
I think it’s the GM building in downtown Detroit that created a wind tunnel at the base of it........
True, but it looks like everyone gets a window view. Some, looking down. Yikes.
Ugly
Why not choose a city with a future. Like Miami or Dallas.
You are overestimating the sensibility of the planning commission—and maybe New Yorkers in general.
the days of mega-office buildings are history in a world of work from home
Thats not inclusive enough, it needs to look like a gender reassignment penis.
On top of that, bankers and investors are notoriously careful and wary about anything daring.
After I got tired of retirement (having financed a lot of RE as an investment banker), I worked for my brothers RE appraisal and consulting firm.
My experience tells me that a funky building like the one here is going to be a yuuge problem.
I actually like new ideas in architecture, but change comes slowly and carefully.
I have seen (as you have) a lot of funky buildings get torn down because they quickly became eyesore and laughingstocks.
I am a former Nooo Yawker BTW.;-)
I recollect seeing “art objects” consisting of clear lucite boxes, sealed, with a quantity of what might have been STP oil treatment inside. As you turn the box around and invert it, the golden goo inside oozes around and forms patterns that resemble the center section of that building.
I think it looks really cool, but that’s a bad spot for it.
...with heavy emphasis on "former" I hope? :)
I love NYC, but the NYC I love is dead and gone.
Would you want to show them this property as a serious investment opportunity?
See how easy that was.;-)
I am impressed by the architecture that has emerged in the Emirates and China, for example. It seems that American architecture long ago fell in love with the box and has remained that way. Trump did try to change the federal approach in his last days, but undoubtedly America’s School of Ugly will prevail.
Lots of creepy sounds with the wind
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