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ONE SOUTH FIRST, BROOKLYN COOKFOX ARCHITECTS
JPMORGAN CHASE, MANHATTAN FOSTER + PARTNERS
JPMorgan Chase has unveiled the design for a ‘state-of-the-art’ global headquarters at 270 Park Avenue, New York City, designed by Foster + Partners. The 423 metre high, 60-storey skyscraper will be designed as the city’s largest all-electric tower, designed for net zero operational emissions and “exceptional indoor air quality, exceeding the highest standards in sustainability, health and wellness,” said the architects. The building will “help define the modern workplace,” with “21st century infrastructure,” smart technology and 2.5 million ft2 of flexible and collaborative space that “can easily adapt to the future of work.” The project is the first in New York City’s ‘Midtown East Rezoning plan’, which encourages modern office construction and improvements to the business district’s public realm and transportation. The building will house up to 14,000 employees and will provide two and a half times more outdoor space than currently at street level. Features will include wider sidewalks and a large public plaza on Madison Avenue with “natural green space” and other amenities. The concept for was to create a “timeless addition” to Park Avenue, which celebrates the city’s iconic architectural history and serves as a “powerful new symbol for the next generation of office towers in New York.” Using a state-of-the-art structural system to negotiate the site constraints below and at ground level, the “innovative fan-column structure” and triangular bracing allow the building to “touch the ground lightly across the entire block,” said Fosters. By “lifting the building around 24 metres off the ground, it extends the viewpoint from the Park Avenue entrance through to Madison Avenue.” Nigel Dancey, head of studio at Foster + Partners said: “Sustainability is at the heart of the project, with workspaces flooded with daylight and fresh air, incorporating biophilic elements and materials to improve wellbeing. As a team, we sought to question and re-evaluate every aspect of the design to create an ambitious future vision of the workplace for JP Morgan.”
‘One South First’ is the first phase of Domino Park on the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn, New York City – a new neighbourhood by real estate developer Two Trees on the site of a former sugar refinery. Designed by Cookfox architects, the building comprises two interlocking towers, the taller of which is residential – including 66 units designated as affordable housing. The smaller building is office and retail space, and both buildings were designed to prioritise energy efficiency. Excess heat produced from workspaces will be captured and reused for the residential component, “significantly reducing energy use,” said the architects. The roof is designed to reduce stormwater runoff and cooling load.
Cookfox designed a “complex system of deep facade and window forms,” in angled white precast concrete panels, inspired by the structure of sugar crystals, thereby “connecting to the industrial history of the site.” The panels were engineered to respond to specific solar orientations and times of day, creating a facade that gives the interior spaces shade and optimised reduced energy use for cooling. The architects worked with Gate Precast on an innovative process whereby the moulds for the large concrete forms were 3D printed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This allowed for faster and less expensive manufacturing, and the moulds were “so durable and precise that they never had to be replaced or re-made,” said the architects. They added: “These buildings and Domino Park unlock previously inaccessible waterfront to the neighbourhood.” As with other Two Trees neighbourhoods, the retail mix was “carefully curated” and is made up of independent, small Brooklyn-based businesses.
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