Architects from Independent Architectural Diplomacy practice have completed a NY Breathing Machine Skyscraper on the Upper West Side in New York. It is a whole new sustainability design concepts. For more images as well the architect's description continue after the jump:
From the Architects:
IAD has been selected among hundreds of other agencies for their design, packed with new sustainability concepts, of an iconic Super – Skyscraper on the Upper West Side in New York thus receiving a special mention. The main initiative proposed by this seemingly out of scale project is to postulate itself as the articulation of nearby referential and green spaces within Manhattan’ s city grid. Thus, wanting to create a shared space and sensitive urban ecosystem, we settled on the creation of a vertical garden, a true orthogonal projection of Central Park. By its own typology , the tower allows for the entry of and natural light and ventilation, the protection against meteorological conditions, all while taking advantage of them when they are favorable , making it a captor of sustainable energy. The 468m tall building is neatly fragmented in order to divide private, tertiary and hotel program from the public Vertical Garden.
Project: NY Breathing Skyscraper
Designed by Independent Architectural Diplomacy (IAD)
Location: New York, USA
Website: www.groupiad.com
