125 Greenwich Street
An aerial site precedent documenting the dense urban morphology and waterfront integration of Lower Manhattan high-rise architecture.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- concrete
- masonry
Visual identifiers
- skyline-panorama
- waterfront-edge
- high-rise-towers
- urban-density
Style tags
- metropolitan
- high-density
- urban-context
Visual tags
- aerial
- urban-context
- waterfront
- high-rise
- metropolitan
- Geometry
- An expansive aerial perspective capturing the dense urban grid and high-rise density of Lower Manhattan, organized around the waterfront edge and historic park.
- Facade system
- Diverse curtain wall systems ranging from historic masonry punched windows to modern glass and metal skins.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame and concrete core high-rise structural systems.
- Spatial scale
- Macro-urban scale showing dozens of high-rise towers and regional geography.
- Lighting
- Bright daytime sunlight casting soft shadows across skyscrapers and urban parks under a partly cloudy sky.
- Atmosphere
- Expansive, dynamic metropolitan morning light over a dense financial center.
- Environmental context
- Coastal urban waterfront surrounded by rivers and harbor traffic.
- Spatial experience
- The view conveys the immense vertical scale and layered density of a major financial district bounded by water.
- Composition rhythm
- A dense vertical rhythm of skyscrapers rising from a lower historic urban fabric.
- Style reading
- Contemporary metropolitan skyline
- Program
- Mixed-use urban core
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- urban
- Materials
- glass, steel, concrete, masonry
- Visual identifiers
- skyline-panorama, waterfront-edge, high-rise-towers, urban-density
- Style tags
- metropolitan, high-density, urban-context
- Visual tags
- aerial, urban-context, waterfront, high-rise, metropolitan
- Geometry
- An expansive aerial perspective capturing the dense urban grid and high-rise density of Lower Manhattan, organized around the waterfront edge and historic park.
- Facade system
- Diverse curtain wall systems ranging from historic masonry punched windows to modern glass and metal skins.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame and concrete core high-rise structural systems.
- Spatial scale
- Macro-urban scale showing dozens of high-rise towers and regional geography.
- Lighting
- Bright daytime sunlight casting soft shadows across skyscrapers and urban parks under a partly cloudy sky.
- Atmosphere
- Expansive, dynamic metropolitan morning light over a dense financial center.
- Environmental context
- Coastal urban waterfront surrounded by rivers and harbor traffic.
- Spatial experience
- The view conveys the immense vertical scale and layered density of a major financial district bounded by water.
- Composition rhythm
- A dense vertical rhythm of skyscrapers rising from a lower historic urban fabric.
- Style reading
- Contemporary metropolitan skyline
- Program
- Mixed-use urban core
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- urban