San Francisco architects IwamotoScott were commissioned by New York’s Downtown Alliance as part of a study to revamp the Greenwich South area just south of the World Trade Center site in New York. The lower Manhattan project site, which is 41 acres, has inspired the Edgar Street Tower’s proposal for a 1300′ spiraling breathing skyscraper to be built just adjacent to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.
The giant “Green” breathing Edgar Street Tower’s skyscraper, which straddles a New York City Street, is only the beginning of a long-term vision for renewing both personal and business growth in the area. The intention with the Edgar Street Tower’s is to reinstate the east-west public way of Edgar Street; reconnecting Washington and Greenwich Streets. Space for this pass way would come from the unique twist design of the spiraling rising tower; pinching around mid-level to secure larger floor plates culminating to a beautiful rooftop sky lobby and civic space area.
The “Green” Edgar Street Tower’s design is to serve the local neighborhood by combining additional living space with business space; while attracting the public sector with spectacular visions and grand diversity; all beautifully blending with the area’s civic, cultural and commercial landmarks. The Edgar Street Tower’s design includes living areas, working and retail areas, art and performance areas and even includes a public library section.
The Eco-friendly New York Edgar Street Tower’s design incorporates cutting edge “Green” technology for sustainable and renewable energy efficiencies. It combines atriums of fresh natural plant oxygen integrated with highly advanced Eco-friendly bio-filtration systems; which provide the building’s occupants with an abundance of fresh clean air. The “Green” central atrium and its branching atriums are sustained through channeled daylight from above the tower using a highly advanced light transmitting fiber-optic array.
The “Green” atrium has bio-filtration terrariums located in the hollow spaces in the floors; which is essentially the fresh air delivery system. Within the Edgar Street Tower’s it is this advanced Eco-friendly bio-filtration system that is being called the “lungs” of this truly amazing breathing building system. At night; the necessary light flow continues the channeling process through Eco-friendly integrated solar charged batteries packs. Another sustainable “Green” strategy incorporated into the design of the Edgar Street Tower’sis a gradient-aperture structural skin; which increases building material efficiency while reducing heat gain.
The Eco-Friendly New York Edgar Street Tower’s design is an idea that could blend with the city surroundings; while incorporating the urban style of Manhattan. The prominent lower Manhattan location and the Eco-friendly tall spiraling tower’s design offer a striking and remarkable landmark beacon that would be clearly visible for everyone to enjoy as they are entering or leaving the city of New York.
IwamotoScott produced the design of the Edgar Street Tower’s; led by Architecture Research Office, Beyer Blinder Belle and Architects & Planners and OPEN.
IwamotoScott Architecture
Coen + Partners
DeWitt Godfrey
Jorge Colmbo
Lewis.Tsuramaki.Lewis Architects
Morphosis
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Transolar Climate Engineering
WORKac.