Thomas Heatherwick designed the Vessel to "bring people together"
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- Thomas Heatherwick explains his desire for the recently opened Vessel at the Hudson Yards development to become a unique public destination in this video.
Designed by his London practice Heatherwick Studio, the giant honeycomb-like sculpture that comprises a mile of publicly accessible walkways.
Temporarily called Vessel, the viewpoint forms the centrepiece of the new Hudson Yards development in New York, positioned above active railway lines in the West Side neighbourhood.
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You can see they are listening to themselves speaking and loving every buzz words they manage to spit out.
What a poetic way to sell something that no one wants or needs
Thats what we architects are good for
@@igochopyourdollar u dont know that and u cant decide that for anyone
That’s a great point. The Eiffel Tower, every public statue or sculpture in the world, artwork in museums, poetry, literature, etc; all things that nobody wants or needs. We should absolutely restrict ourselves at all possible moments in time to only creating/building things that are “practical“ in nature. We should have no books except for STEM textbooks. Culture is a pointless artifice that we pretend has meaning. Plus, if there are people starving in Africa then we should give away all of our money and possessions until everyone in the world has equality of outcome. Pointless wastes of money, like all of my previously cited examples, will be seen by future generations as somewhere on the spectrum between exorbitant and criminal. Oh, and we should kill all of the architects, poets, writers, musician, dancers and artists because they are not meaningfully contributing to civilization.
I personally find the world a better place with the vessel in it. I think slightly better of humanity knowing this exists. Hopefully you can accept that there are other opinions in the world besides your own and that just because something comes out of your mouth, and feels true to you, it does not represent a general consensus.
@@MeatNFixins You are better than this...For your information most of the art pieces that you mention of ...came from an era in history where there was no such thing as equality, a time where you could getaway with colonialism and slavery....Can a sane person take presidence from a bygone era and compare it with contemporary times...And some of these structures actually served a purpose...The Eiffel tower for instance was to serve as a grand archway to an international expo held at Paris, an expo of progress and scientific innovations and the tower by in itself represented the an architectural feat....How do you ask I know about it... because I am an Architect myself ... What straight purpose dose the "Vessel" hold if it were not for real estate advertisement in a serpentine effort to increase the land value in the area.....I agree everyone is reserved to have their own opinion on it...But trust me I am not a mere passerby....By the way Africa doesn't need your patronage (Seriously when will the west come out of this "White Man's burden" and straight up Messiah Syndrome), look at your own backyard... your slums, your own ghettos, trailer parks...With the kind of life 3/4 of your population lives can your country really afford to pay for a monstrosity worth 200 million dollars with hard earned tax payer's money...It is just a blatant and gross show of wealth which I believe is not quite the feature of a developed egalitarian state...
Manoj Kumar
You have a really good ear for sarcasm...
And you just printed a pretty picture of the usage of the Eiffel tower. I could make a very similar case for the vessel. I’m graduating from Architecture school soon so you can’t really hold the fact that you are an architect above me on this one.
An icon of the times: purposelessness.
It almost looks like a last minute rhino model an architecture student does the night before a preliminary pinup
Well that’s a quick and abrasive remark. Not a fan of art? It’s an amazing form and enriching element. It’s a gift to people everywhere who visit NYC. It’s not for profit. It’s for enjoyment. Who can possibly object to that?
Harper Welch Architecture =/= art. And that thing is neither of those.
To bad becuase it's famous for committing suicide.
@@dlg7555 it is technically a piece of architecture as stairs are architectural elements.
I believe it closed because there were NO REAL structural engineers that approved this project. People need to learn how to check peoples Identification and verify all their credentials instead of just going off of what talking heads are saying.
I went yesterday and didn't have high expectations, but it really impressed me. It's a beautiful experience that reminded me of visiting Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate in Chicago -- which I consider a gold standard for an urban public art project. I recommend it highly!
I don't understand the appeal, honestly. It's attracting crowds now as it has just opened and is a new 'pretty' structure - I do like the materiality, but I don't think that the actual design will function as they intend to. What general member of the public would like to walk all the way to the top on a regular day? What incentives are there to do so? And how does it promote interaction and connectivity between people?
I understand the thinking behind the project, but I think it just falls short. There could've been another layer of interactivity added to the structure, instead of making the assumption that the reason people will interact with others is just because they can see others on the structure, if they are at all. I don't think the structure even acts as a meeting place, the further you interact with it (ie. the higher you go) you become further apart from others, segregating each other and in turn reducing interaction.
I just think the project could have been more than it currently is.
agreed. walking around the stair does not mean interaction.
You need to think about instagram, people get crazy just for a picture, so for sure this structure is going to be full of people, good or bad It's something to debate about, but it's gonna be crowded
Its the perfect structure to climb up and then commit suicide.
Just wait until performances start; music, dancing, gonna be awesome
@@kayem3824 Hehe....
I was there yesterday with a friend in a wheelchair. There is a single small elevator that holds about 8 people at a time. It is super slow to enjoy the sights but that also means that someone in a wheelchair has to wait about an hour to get into it. It goes straight to the top on the backside of the vessel which means that once you get up there, you are missing the best views of the water and yard. The wheelchair user is constricted to a small area in front of the elevator which is mostly taken up by people on line waiting to take it back down. While I appreciated the aesthetic of the stairs, I strongly believe this entire structure could have easily been a series of spiral ramps rather than stairs or at least could have included an internal layer with a wrapping ramp. It's clear that accessibility was an afterthought and not considered throughout the entire design process. Now we are stuck with a beautiful structure that adds to the isolation of people with disabilities rather than a universally and thoughtfully designed experience for all to EQUALLY enjoy.
such a usable, elegant piece of art!
I actually could picture this being successful, becomes a tourist attraction, views, a possible icon, civilians may use the stairs to workout. It’s unique. I like it.
Apart from the fact that the building looks like a large vase with with 1900’s aesthetics, it tries to be different and succeeds in that regard. The structure is very clear and honest with its use from far away.
At least we can all agree that it creates discussion and that’s a good thing!
Generating discussion is often pointless. That is why highly mediocre talents hire hype-meisters. There are so many bad things in the world that people complain about. Wouldn't that time be better spent living a great life or analyzing things that generate personal growth and well being?
I'm 50/50 on it. Saw this about halfway done last time I was in NYC and It looked impressive up close. But from afar I can't help but think urban outfitters paper basket. That being said I'm going back soon to "experience it" from its interior and hopefully that will allow me to have a positive conclusive opinion.
Been there 3 times already. View looks amazing
You’re amazing for creating that for New York. 👌💪♥️
Not a fan but really cool to see that they are using Rhino at 1:25
looks like they created a cool algorithm on grasshopper and ran with it
Great work sir! Recently visited The Vessel in New York
Haha everything is so Wes Anderson in this video!
✌
sweet
I’m a NY native and I love it
You probably love everything based on the choice of your profile picture. You don’t seem to have a standard.
I'm in a wheel chair. How am I included in this togetherness?
there is a lift to the top and of course down again
@@stevieg6418 wheelchair access on this thing means you take an elevator to a tiny platform at the top and look out one way. isnt a big part of the "experience" to walk around the thing and see the city from multiple angles and levels. if it was all about looking at the city from a tiny platform at the top they couldve done away w all the intricate steps and levels. wheel chair users are not included in the same experience.
there is a small elevator for disabled people only. if you are not obviously disabled, you have to argue with the elevator guy. the elevator goes to the top and back down with no stops in between. However, if you cant manage any stairs at all, you will be stuck at one platform at the top and you cant go anywhere because to go all around the top level means you have to climb up and down stairs. The designer did not take everybody in mind when he designed this. I have a bum knee. I would have liked to have elevator access when I felt my knee was getting too painful or at least to have had a bench to sit down to rest it for a while. Neither is available.
such intelligence, much wow.
lovely
architecture killer
The Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack ! Nice.
I used this concept in my project thks
I see it as an interactive sculpture placed with the center of a plaza complex. Many are missing the point. Saying it is a waste of space is like saying every park or plaza with a sculpture is a waste of space
The stepwells in India had a purpose. These structures were meant to access water bodies and they needed to be secluded from public places because women used to bathe in them. Also, the wells acted as reservoirs and the water in them has still not dried up. There was another scientific purpose that I do not know much about. It essentially goes below the ground level to reach the water level. The whole point was to give privacy to the ones coming there and here these people are making it a public place and rising them above the ground! As much as the stepwells are aesthetically pleasing and have a purpose, this landmark is going to be a useless eyesore.
"What you say? "they needed to be secluded from public places because women used to bathe in them" Lmao, that is so wrong. Are you making a joke? Wells are sources of clean drinking water, "potable water". Bathing in the well makes it's water non-potable", NOT DRINKABLE!! You comment is so wrong.
@@rickdees251 Hello from Delhi. I'm from the States living here many years. Even today, hygiene isn't a consideration in India.
Kya baat hai! This is architecture. Bas!
@@leelasaraswat4662 well when those wells were constructed there was less population and cleaner
@@alfredestrada2729 so true Alfred! Thanks.
Infinite staircases to nowhere... They'll have to charge admission to keep it from being over-run...
It's shit it doesn't represent nothing to new york It's just a stupid sculptor.
Having to redo my smartphone missed an event among, grand opening of Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel--- A Bloomberg... next Shed.
Love it
just 1 shot of finished structure ? who filmed this ?
They don't want it to be an object, but it perfoms as such... When the entire building is just a bunch of stairs that means is all circulation and no space, where do people get to stop and enjoy if the charcarcter of the space is all about moving arround? I think nobody will want to clime that just because of a nice view, it needs to have an interesting program.
safety FIRST!
Imagine using it to have team beanbag fights. That would be awesome and fun!
I really like The Vessel Myself. I would call it simply The Hive. I also wish that it went even taller/higher like a number of stories taller. And i would put in a single one single walkway at the very top from one side to the other. However i still really like it just the way it is also. I look forward to seeing it in person some day. Again! i would call it the Hive. However unless a better name comes up.
A POTENTIAL SCULPTURE GALLERY IS NOW JUST A VERTICAL STAIRCASE TO NOWHERE .
I think it would have looked better if it was the same colour as the stainless steel features on 15HY.
Difference with the step wells in India... They're functional! This is just a self idolizing piece of architecture. Wank for its own sake.
I went up today to see this beautiful structure , another tourist attraction the city offers, however, the thought that came up to mind was what happens during rainy and particularly during winter seasons? Must be hard to shovel the ice and snow that would file up... but I'm sure they thought of this ahead of time.
I went up it on a cloudy day and then it started to rain. There is no shelter. There is no fast way down. You just get wet all the way.
Turns out there were a lot of things they didn’t think of or care about
how can i get the construction video on it
this is amazing
seams like climbing a super huge tree! interesting
Very very cool. Also, what program is being shown/used at 1:25?
Rhinoceros 3D
Anyone who doesn't like this, or don't understand why this was build obviously doesn't understand nature. ❤ Super beyond amazed at their art that they do! Beautifully speechless, and I appreciate it so very much. 😊
LOL. Nature ?
Sorry i meant to say a walk ways at the very top from one side to the other. In either a shape of cross celtic? from above. Or rather in form with the inside of the bottom of The Vessel. It would have also have been very cool to have built a way to climb up to the top around in the center also.
That would have been an impossible project in Korea - unless there was an elevator - due to disabled protection regulations.
There is an elevator but it does only stop at certain levels.
There is a elevator, it’s the “spine element” they talked about
Yeah its bringing the depressed and lost hope people who no longer want to live in this KAOS of a world and go to the top and leap off ...3 so far...THANKS MY FRIEND FOR DESIGNING A NEW FORM OF DEATH TO THE LOWER WEST SIDE OF NEW YORK...! TAKE A.BOW....!!!!
Nice but what about disabled on a wheelchairs?
there is an elevator that moves along the spine of the structure
@@decxhay66 I was there yesterday with a friend in a wheelchair. There is a single small elevator that holds about 8 people at a time. It is super slow to enjoy the sights but that also means that someone in a wheelchair has to wait about an hour to get into it. It goes straight to the top on the backside of the vessel which means that once you get up there, you are missing the best views of the water and yard. The wheelchair user is constricted to a small area in front of the elevator which is mostly taken up by people on line waiting to take it back down. While I appreciated the aesthetic of the stairs, I strongly believe this entire structure could have easily been a series of spiral ramps rather than stairs or at least could have included an internal layer with a wrapping ramp. It's clear that accessibility was an afterthought and not considered throughout the entire design process. Now we are stuck with a beautiful structure that adds to the isolation of people with disabilities rather than a universally and thoughtfully designed experience for all to EQUALLY enjoy.
Nice? How about things like the Eiffel Tower, the High Line or Lincoln Memorial? Are they "nice" too?
@@estelalugo5834 i mean...its possible, but unlikely. the slopes are totally different. i doubt you can make shit exactly like this and have wheelchair users also similarly experience it. im sure they were aware of wheelchair access at the start and decided to neglect it for aesthetic and overall height reasons. we need the occasional exclusionary structure. calling for everything to be universally experienced limits creative potential.
its not like this is a hospital or some vital program. its an unnecessary art piece. let the thing have intricate steps. at least they included the elevator, albeit packed and slow.
@@ooDirtyMickoo I'm sorry you feel that way but this mindset is the perfect example of ableism. "We need the occasional exclusionary structure" seriously? I take it you or someone you love is not physically challenged? Let's make museums exclusionary as well since they are just "art" and not hospitals or anything. The truesest designs are not exclusionary, especially in the year 2019. The fact that an anyone with ANY type of mobility issue has to wait an hour or more to ride to the top only then find out that they are confined to a small fraction of the top tier (facing a WALL) and excluded from the other 90% of the views is a slap in the face. A real architect would have designed a place for all. Anyone not empathetic enough to see that is the very problem with our abelist society.
He designed and built The Vessel to bring people together?! Ridiculous! They already have Central Park and the other parks for that! Bah! Humbug!
its a metaphor of how dumb our modern culture is. this will get boring really quick and nobody will remember it shortly. its not interesting enough to have no function. it is an impressive design but a waste of time and money.
Three suicides so far. I can easily imagine someone "losing it" while on a higher level. It can bring up acrophobia in people who did not know they were terrified of heights. In this case there is a distinct sense of not being properly supported below.
I just visited The Vessel and to me it is a way to get some exercise and be alone with your thoughts. I don't believe that it brings people together tho.... it's New York for crying out loud. People wanna be away from others these days. But I did enjoy the vessel... but I would have rather went when people were not on it
At first I thought it was going to be a train junction... It still could be.
I mean like Hudson yard is built where rich people are it's passive by default. Very beatiful though
“Not something that you’d just take a picture of and leave but something you can touch and interact with”
LOOKING AT YOU, ANISH KAPOOR, THE DUDE WHO MADE THE BEAN IN CHICAGO
Opening credits of the Royal Tenenbaums much?
- This is a Kafkaesque nightmare.
- Cities need affordable housing, green space, or literally anything with community value.
- Instead, the people of NY got a cold, lifeless, useless, luxury hornet-nest ode to vanity.
- It could have been the same architecture but with living plants covering its surface area. It could have had a garden on top with actual bees nests! It could have been its own ecosystem!
- The vessel is a physical manifestation of class inequity and our failure as environmental stewards.
- This is a $250 million depreciating asset that _at least_ neglects to prevent harm if you don't believe it's _actively_ harmful.
- I'm glad nets are going up now, but it didn't have to be this way.
- Art pieces don't have to be grotesque 'vessels' that bring you to the existential 'edge' of death.
- I won't be lied to and told lawyers didn't warn them low railings on a dystopian cockroach spaceship was a suicide trap.
- They gambled for the sake of aesthetics and vanity. And four lonely, vulnerable, non-rich people died.
- It's also ugly and makes me feel like I'm Adam Sandler in Click when he's sitting in his adult son's gunmetal space-office learning that his father has been dead for years.
- I'm not saying it's not art. I'm just saying I think it's dreadful. Like, it creates an existential dread that rich people cure with luxury gift-shopping at the Hudson Yard's Mall.
- This is the single most out-of-touch thing I've ever seen.
Why are the owners so vain that they had to drop the definate article, "the", do they think that they're Apple?
At first i thought it was the biggest waste of time when i saw it in the Chainsmokers video. Part of me still thinks it is but i can't really have a valuable opinion until i visit it.
To me it represents our culture perfectly. Instead of helping others or working on real solutions we focus our minds and money on redundancy. It seems way to symmetrical and no surprises for people to interact with. Its just stairs.
It should be called Redundant Tower. As a designer and engineer and architect i'm sure it was a great project but will it have lasting value? I don't think so. Escher's Redundant Tower.
The design, construction, inaccessibility, and dark legacy of this structure is the greatest metaphor for capitalism that exists, I think. But it is pretty to look at!
Now it's closed indefinitely because of safety and suicides.
That's good. Im from the Bronx and I wouldn't be surprised if crazy ppl start pushing innocent ppl off the top. Horrible design Death waiting to happen specially in a place like NYC
Got a real Wes Anderson fan working on he video. Maybe tone it down a bit.
ニューヨークへ行ったらぜひ訪れてみたいです(^o^)
Im the 2020 person gave like to this video.
Did Wes Anderson direct this?
When he describes the concept it's sound interesting but in a city like New York, it's a waste of urban space. It doesn't do what it set out to do.
200 million dollars though - Two Hundred Million Dollars - Guys? Did you read that? $200 million.
This is so tragic. Aside from all of the devastating suicides that took place there, vessel has become the symbolic death of creativity in NYC. So terribly sad.
great place to ploff oneseof luv xx
Well, it's definitely better than more ping pong tables.
Next
When what you say during your crit is contrary to what you present.
He designed it to bring people together and covid will move them away from each other :(
Just look
A staircase to nowhere..
A question for anyone that's been there to see this structure in person:
Are there any ramps in that thing for people who are disabled that need to use a scooter / wheelchair and / or for parents with baby carriages? Because if not, then RIP those people.
There are lifts.
India?????
I am a new yorker. This vessel thing is ugly and the first time I went there, the first thing I thought was that this thing is going to be perfect for suicides. the walls are really low and can easily be climbed over. There have been 3 suicides flying off it already. Surprised not more, to be honest. And it doesnt "bring people together" there is nothing to do except climb stairs. it does not promote interconnectedness or socializing. No seating available if you are elderly or tired. no place to gather to socialize. no place to read a book or drink a coffee. no way can it become part of the fabric of NY. it's just an inanimate metal Thing stuck on the west side. you cant even enter the thing at will. you have to jump through hoops, get a ticket and go through 2 or 3 ticket takers/guards to get inside. This vessel thing is such a waste of time and money. and it is perfect for suicidal people to fly off of.
As a new Yorker I look at this and I say what a waste of money. This money could've went for something else.
I love it. It’s a gift to the street and the City. It’s not for making money. It’s for enjoying. It’s visually stunning and an instant landmark. Recent criticism about suicides has impacted the project. But it may be useful to note that there’s an average of one suicide every two weeks on the Golden Gate Bridge. Should we shut that down too?
The Golden Gate Bridge is a functional structure, carrying people in their vehicles to and from San Francisco and Marin County. Over 111,000 cars each day. This "Vessel" is a monument to self-promotion. And completely non-functional.
@@rr7firefly All creative and artistic endeavors can be described as self-promotion. All movies, musicals, plays, books, and all social media is self-promotional.
How can lack of usage make it more popular. If it is not serving any public function then after visiting it once to satisfy your curiosity, why will you use this a second time. So it will soon decay in disuse. In India it was serving a purpose as providing water resource (well) to the people in those drought striken areas like Rajasthan. It is pure lunacy to spend this money for nothing.
One use could still be made of this building or vessel, a round covered tubular going at the top could be added which can turn this infrastructure building into a tourist attraction with a viewing gallery or providing an alternative window to the city - like Eiffel tower is. No one will go to the top using the stairs only to chat with someone else they already know. The tubular section around the top edge will look like a rim running around the top of the cup. In that tubular viewing gallery then you can have café and telescopic views to the city, sitting areas etc.
Inspired Takeaway by Chainsmokers video
inevitably destined to become the epicenter of Manhattan social life
Really?......seriously???
sounds like you're as impressed with it as much as I am. Possibly the serious Manhatten business elite demonstrating that there is no limit to how frivolous a project they are willing to waste their money on as long as its not real social services.
@@carolinawren3594 well said!!
@Enlightened Awake you are a man with vision!!
@Gery A you are soooooo right!!
Subtlety is not Heatherwick's speciality, and I absolutely can't stand this scaled up product design... however anyone that actually builds should be commended.
U GUYS!! ... Dont be silly .. its a black mirror episode "structure" where in 2050 ppl come to interact with eachother" as on streets it would be illegal to take ur eyes off ur smartphone
wanted to make a public space and people to enter then why is there an admission fee?😂
it's NYC wtf did he think would happen
honestly, not fit to NY. maybe fit to Egypt or somewhere
and now a people die !!! so one idea, ...... to .....
Heatherwick - aesthetics lacking function
well the world would be so boring and sad without art and playfullness with shapes and color not everything has to have precise function try to relac more and appreciate world around you
It's not supposed to have a function besides being something usable. It's like a walkable art installation, not an actual building.
Empty vessels
Welp.... looks like it will be demolished because of the Number of suicides!
Does not make sense in spending on protective netting and barriers to prevent suicides..
plus I’m a New Yorker and it’s sore on the eyes! Ugh..
Was not worth all the money to build.
Unfortunately it’s bringing all the people together for all the wrong reasons. A funeral. As of a day ago. The vessel was closed indefinitely due to a 14 year old committing suicide. 😕
People are like ants moving up and down.
what are the coincidence..ive just read about the suicide incident...then this got recomended..wow...good job utube..$#!!
Bringing people together to agree that it looks like a piece of shit.
This is bringing no1 together besides some drunk hipsters who genuinlly think touch screen devices were invented by apple ! ------- Those ancient steps in INDIA STILL have more dimension than that design.... Man has gone absolutely clinically insane
Bless...
Another boring modernist building added to NYC ugh, honesty the design looks so damn lazy.
it seems like a real architectural wank........lovely on paper, but disaster in reality!
Would be good for scrap metal!
Nice shape, no function.....
What is the function?
Stairs Away to Nowhere! Or Flesh Tornado? Just because you explain this awful structure talking slowly and with background classic music, doesn’t make it good architecture!
Ah, you hit it on the nail.
I think everyone can already see what a disaster this project will turn into.
These people are out of touch with reality .
Nope!
the strange thing is Heatherwick is not even an architect. no wonder he designs an ugly useless piece and makes people walk around like crazy.
Waste of money