Edge NYC
An aerial precedent capturing a dramatic cantilevered triangular observation deck protruding from a super-tall skyscraper, useful for high-altitude viewing platform studies.
- What we like about this project
- The triangular void cut into the roof volume directly echoes the projecting triangular viewing platform below.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- aluminum
Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-deck
- triangular-observation-platform
- skyscraper-facade
- waterfront-view
Style tags
- contemporary
- high-tech
- commercial
Visual tags
- observation-deck
- cantilever
- supertall
- urban-skyline
- high-altitude
- Geometry
- A stepped skyscraper massing featuring a prominent cantilevered triangular observation deck projecting sharply outward from the upper floor plate.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated spandrels and structural steel support for the cantilever.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss framework supporting the extreme cantilevered viewing platform extending from a concrete core tower.
- Spatial scale
- Super-tall tower scale; tiny human figures are visible gathered on the cantilevered observation deck.
- Lighting
- Golden hour twilight lighting with warm horizontal rays casting long shadows and glowing reflections on the glass facade and water.
- Atmosphere
- Awe-inspiring and dramatic suspended high above the sprawling metropolitan landscape at dusk.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban high-rise context adjacent to a major waterfront and distant city skyline.
- Spatial experience
- Dizzying and expansive; the floating observation deck extends visitors directly into open air high above the urban fabric.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal unitized glass spandrel bands meeting the sharp diagonal thrust of the projecting platform.
- Style reading
- Contemporary high-tech commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office tower with public observation deck
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, aluminum
- Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-deck, triangular-observation-platform, skyscraper-facade, waterfront-view
- Style tags
- contemporary, high-tech, commercial
- Visual tags
- observation-deck, cantilever, supertall, urban-skyline, high-altitude
- Geometry
- A stepped skyscraper massing featuring a prominent cantilevered triangular observation deck projecting sharply outward from the upper floor plate.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated spandrels and structural steel support for the cantilever.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss framework supporting the extreme cantilevered viewing platform extending from a concrete core tower.
- Spatial scale
- Super-tall tower scale; tiny human figures are visible gathered on the cantilevered observation deck.
- Lighting
- Golden hour twilight lighting with warm horizontal rays casting long shadows and glowing reflections on the glass facade and water.
- Atmosphere
- Awe-inspiring and dramatic suspended high above the sprawling metropolitan landscape at dusk.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban high-rise context adjacent to a major waterfront and distant city skyline.
- Spatial experience
- Dizzying and expansive; the floating observation deck extends visitors directly into open air high above the urban fabric.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal unitized glass spandrel bands meeting the sharp diagonal thrust of the projecting platform.
- Style reading
- Contemporary high-tech commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office tower with public observation deck
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture