New York's Tallest New Skyscraper Explained
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- The concrete jungle just got a bit greener.
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I love how adding trees automatically makes a project “green”
Exactly. Just window dressing.
Yeah you can barely even see them from far away
"Green-Washing"
What do you expect Daniel? Bricks made out of horse shit??
Shame on B1M for calling this sustainable
I get the feeling many of the people involved haven't actually tried to go outside on the 86th floor of a building in New York City in February...
go there any day any hour they've created a giant wind tunnel on every block of the hudson yards hahaha
I’m wondering how they keep the roots warm during a freeze. Heated planter boxes?
This was tried in the newest office building where I retired from. The two story "social areas" were freezing in the Winter and sweltering in Summer. There were constant bird strikes and bird bodies outside on the green areas. It was a big headache for maintenance. It became a place to avoid...not congregate.
@@franciscodanconia4324 Well remember, plants lose their leaves in the winter and grow them back once the blossoming season hits. Even if the plants (and roots) do end up freezing, just remember they already have nutrients stored inside them, and will use them after the winter.
So I’m one of the project managers who built this building and I know it better than just about anyone. On the higher floors there are provisions for 10 foot high glass screens at the terraces to stop the wind. Some tenants are electing to install the glass to stop the wind on the higher floors.
you should definitely make a follow-up video or 2 in a year and two years to see how the greenery really takes hold.
its just a single tree planted every couple of spaces,what else is supposed to happen?
@@jont2576 they take hold, survive and are maintained. Or, this is just a bulls$#t gimmick to get the project past planning boards that they have no intention of upholding
@@crbswiss oh I'm pretty sure they will....this is a billion dollar skyscraper in NYC we are talking about....not some cheap ass apartment or motel in
@@jont2576 you'd be surprised. I've been on large projects like this in the past. Some clients even have a budget for reconfiguring stuff like this after claiming that it 'didn't work', or 'caused unforseen complications'. I hope it does, but time will tell.
Also how the incipient wage price spiral apocalypse will render this building long term empty. And thus, even less green. In spite of the single tree.
People forget how hard taking care of plants really is when they are not in actual ground. Drainage, watering, feeding, trimming, maintenance the list goes on
The building will need more materials to accommodate the plants which will also mean more energy wasted
I know companys who banned plants, because of the care taking and of all the dirt is brings in the office :)
in the Green World plants take care of themselves, I guess
it will be interesting in 5 years to see where this is....
ground is bringed up when its builded and stays in there so not that much needed. Drainage, watering is possible by automation with moisture sensors and valves, trimming is i guess like in normal places. Hire a guy or make them keep it clean whoever rents the office area, maintenance and problems can't really say much, but 100% possible and looks good.
Open plan offices weren't loud enough, this building has a unique feature where you can hear the noise from above and below floors.
Wait until someone opens one of those doors on the high floors and the wind blows through.
Clearly no introverts were consulted (or listened to) in designing it.
I also doubt it'll end up looking like those renderings. There's way too much wasted space for most company's tastes. They'll make it a lot less open. And noisier.
Open plan office spaces is the most tone deaf design in the industry right now. I hope this fad passes sooner rather than later. I don't want to be forced to chat with Jimmy from the second office because I bump in to him every 10 minutes. FML, why do they hate worker privacy?
@@rihasanatrofolo2472 I actually like open plan. Sometimes I get claustrophobic in my cube.
@@rihasanatrofolo2472 it's easier to monitor the workforce.
I am not quite willing to pretend this is any different from regular glass tower. The natural spiral motivation is a hillarious claim on something cubical though xD
Well said well said! Glass of vodka for you!
THIS. haha =\
i was thinking the same thing! 😅
there are circular buildings... they could have made an actual spiral.
Remember that they also wanted to “pay tribute” to New York’s early architecture that was just big concrete blocks
From the people who brought you 100% steel and concrete buildings: a 99% steel and concrete building!
Well it's not like they're going to build a treehouse
@@ViolentSillyGirl Well actually that's happening. You can't build a 300 meter skyscraper in wood, but a 10-storey building is doable, and it's a hell of a lot more sustainable than a steel and concrete building which has a few trees on the roof.
In fact, a wood building will store carbon dioxide while steel and carbon are extremely carbon intense to produce.
I stand corrected
"Please return to offices, we can't pay unreasonably inflated bubble level high rent without you"
We are phizer, please take this pill. We are tracking you with the microchip inside. Please comply. Or else.
Im not sure if it is good for public health for people to never meet anyone except once family. Workplaces is one of the only places where you get the chance to make friends in modern society.
@@onlyeveryone2253 man I go to work for money, not to make friends. can I make money from home at the cmopany I work at? yes? good, I stay home
@@AnymMusic well if you feel like you have enough friends anyway to fill out your social meter, good for you.
@@AnymMusic Well, it isn’t up to you. It’s up to your employer, who probably doesn’t give a damn about whether or not you make friends, right?
Wow, balconies with potted plants! So innovative! So exciting! So environmental!
Right, just a bunch of PR fluff. No blue collar company is going to be able to afford a cubic meter in this office...
NEVER SEEN BEFORE!
rats will love this building
@@popcorn8153 As well as insects crawling among the greenery.
uhm you realize we are talking about skyscrapers right?
"You can't stay at home all day in your pajamas!"
"Oh yeah? Watch me."
Cities keep expanding upwards but nobody thinks about improving the ground level (street transport, sidewalks, etc). So we end up with overcrowded streets and sidewalks and many frustrated drivers/pedestrians. In my view, upward expansion should come with a corresponding improvement on the ground level. Otherwise, the ground level is a huge, stressful bottleneck.
Ban cars, make the city more walkable and improve public transport links. There's plenty of space, just not for everyone to sit in a large box on their own while choking those walking with its emissions.
@@Wozza365 I agree 100%
@@Wozza365 I’ll vote for u man
NYC unknown to most has changed its laws to protect the scum elite that live there. Real estate is now used for laundering money and tax havens. That's why you see so many building for rent yet no one can afford to rent them for the cost per sq ft is so high. That's because the owner is using it for a tax haven.
@@Wozza365 If you appear for Mayor, you have my vote lol
(I've been saying this thing to my friends)
I find it absolutely hillarious and embarassing how authorities try to convince people to return to these offices. After two years of "stay at home. Save lives", it's funny how now they say "you cannot stay in your pijamas all day". Well, just watch me 😅
The money saved on the commute alone is enough incentive to work from home.
@@PhantomFilmAustralia exactly!
And time. I used to have to travel an hour on a smelly packed underground train to work and an hour back. That's 2 hours of a day gone just travelling.
And that's when the trains worked. Which they often didn't, or there would often be train strikes. Or football matches which made it even more packed. And commuting wasn't cheap either.
Compare that to saving money and 2 extra hours in my day. What the possible hell kind of motivation would ever make me want to go back to the office?
@@GozUnlimited Exactly. It's all about time. I only like to go to the office on special occasions.
@@PhantomFilmAustralia And the time saved
How big are these trees supposed to get? A downed tree can be a big deal on the ground. I can't imagine how bad it would be if a big tree limb snaps and plummets 30 stories to the ground.
I was thinking the same thing..I’m guessing they will stay with smaller trees and just move them out once they become too big..also where is the room for the root structure once the trees start growing? I guess they will stay in big planters.
Honestly hate large open offices, so much interruption, and distractions when I'm trying to work. The office has become a meeting place and a training area more then anything now. It's hard to see a need for large offices like this when most seem to prefer working remotely.
Why I internally laughed when that clip of that guy saying that
"people cannot stay at home in their pajamas all day and will need to return to their offices eventually"
Humans were never meant to be trapped in cubicles all day and doing such has increased depression and other mental and physical health issues.. being able to work from home is a natural evolution from this that humanity needs!
All of the manpower and effort gone into building these office blocks should be going towards residential housing units instead and developing livable cities for people to actually be able to enjoy life within their city
Sound a bit introverted you must have loved covid lmao
That's why I savor home office so much atm, really had it with these noisy large space offices you can barely hear your own words in and hardly focus on the task.
@@nepsyasudra3262 Neither were they mean to live in bouildings or eating with utencils. What a stupid point.
Imagine if in a storm one of the big branches snaps off and hits you fifty stories below
if?
Or the first jumper
A reminder that, yeah, you can actually just stay at home and work instead, most of the whole "Get back to the office" is driven by landlords and redundant manegement.
Yeah but what's the point in having a civilisation or even living in a city if you just stay at home all the time
@@oscarsands1237 You don’t? Not having to commute to work each day means you have more money and time to enjoy the city you live in.
God I im getting tired of you WFH lot, you’re so vitriolic when anyone dare suggest a return to the office. Some of us value forming interpersonal relationships and actually interacting with my colleagues, embracing the learning and growth opportunities that arise from it, rather than sitting at home all day in my pyjamas doing the bare minimum and not replying to any messages. You’re going to have to go back to the office one day. Embrace it.
-sincerely, a millennial with a 45 minute commute
With the price of gas going up record levels too, I wish I could stay home. Also, the climate change narrative would disagree with his phrase.
@@TheGuykilla "I have people skills! I am GOOD at dealing with PEOPLE, can't you understand that! What the hell is wrong with you people!" - You, right now
Why is parking requirements still a thing in Manhattan?? I find it insane that anyone is allowed to drive in such a densely packed mini-island!
I agree. Parking minimums/requirements should be done away with.
Once or twice thru NYC in rush hour is enough for me - never again is my resolution - and the skyline is not 'beautiful' it's just a skyline of concrete & glass with heat & confusion below. Making one building with a few plants doesn't change that reality. I live way out where trees rule !
Also why WOULD anyone even drive to work in Manhattn? Parking is like super expensive 😰
lol if my memory is correct the land where the spiral is, was a parking lot prior to its construction. This area has more than enough parking tho.
B1M always making it easy for the average viewer 👍
It's not rocket science at all🤦🏿♀️
@@colors6692 ikr
Ah right
We, the plebs, are to stupid to understand your huge brain elite level architectural shenanigans
IT’S JUST ANOTHER POSTMODERN SOULLESS GLASS BOX
Save us god
It’s going to make a great mark on the city skyline when one of those strong winds rips a tree out and drops it on the pavement.
Exactly. People will get sticks hitting their head and going in their eyes.
😆😅🤣😂😄🤪
You think after spending billions of dollars they would not think about that?
@@pranishlohala4796 well they thought about everything, maybe they forgot stupid but crucial things, it's happens all the time with big projects
@@PD-we8vf shut up
It is nice to have more greenery incorporated into new sky scrapers, hopefully maintenance of these plants and trees are accounted for and will be looking nice for years to come
The 8 House has really lovely greenery, but they're private gardens despite the strict regulations
Roots are what caused the collapse of the Champlain condo incident in Florida.
It's even better to work from home, in the suburbs with an actually community and surrounded by green. Or going to a natural resort for 10 days and work from there, and go walking with your kids after the workday, or go to Costa Rica and work from "Monte verde" surrounded by the sounds of nature for 15 days and have a nice Gallo pinto in the morning, or travel from Spain to Portugal and work down there and then go to one of the many bookstore buy a book and have a nice Galão and some sweets. The whole come back to the office you lazy b*td is the talk of the people that dream about power and control, and live from the surplus value of other peoples work: Politicians, High level executives. etc. Humanity has achieved so much, maybe is time to stop obsessing about maximum efficiency and productivity and have time for living? I believe it was the objective of all of this from the beginning (for most people). Even for people like me, that are enticed by the city, and work extra just for the fun of it (I work in software engineering). like working from home and the extra time it brings. Corporations that invest in that monster will be forced to justify the price by forcing employees to go to the office and be less productive and more tired.
@@42luke93 woah I didn’t even think of the roots but that makes a lot of sense
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It’s all that Arab slave master tourist board money.
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Why can't I stay home in my pajamas all day? I'm not in my PJ's but I'm getting work done.
I was at the Edge this past Sunday and they had blossoming Japanese Cherry trees in an alcove at the observatory - there was a line of people wanting to take pictures. It does add to it.
Why can't you stay at home and work? Sell the buildings or repurpose them into affordable housing. The day of the office is fleeting..
I could picture a cool movie scene with a parkour chase down the spirals
The Hudson Spire was supposed to be built there, but it was redesigned into this.
Thank god. That spire was as ugly as the original freedom tower
It's hilarious to claim this is tree-covered, it's not even vegetation-covered. Not to mention the "spiral" shape lol. It's just a normal tower with the usual rendering that shows it greener than what it will be.
They don't even attempt to hide their greenwashing.
is it *green* washing? or do u mean *brain* washing?
I don't think they're greenwashing. The plants aren't intended to scrub carbon (this claim has not been made by the architects), the building will be LEED certified so it will be more efficient than other buildings, but I think the main intention for the plants and the outdoor space is to provide a different and more freeing environment for the occupants.
This skyscraper still has major a problem which concerns every glass buildings because they act as a greenhouse during summer: lots of energy is required to power AC to cool down the whole building, and in winter: since glass is a very bad heat isolator the building will need to be fitted with energy thirsty heat pumps to keep the people inside warm. Anyways, this is to say that maintaining a stable temperature inside a glass building (sure, this one has a few trees every 10 meters, but this will barely have any positive effects on the office's temperature) meaning millions of dollars will be spent on heating and cooling the building, therefore still not a "green skyscraper".
Aside from the environmental implicatons of a glassbox, is it just me or does anyone else think that there's the architectural charm of early 20th Century Art Deco and Historical Revival that's missing from modern skyscrapers?
@Elliot Fourcassie. Not so much. Double glazing, and that's just for starters. There are other glass 'tricks' that are well established in the industry.
A- for marketing.
D+ for architecture.
The kinda of stuff you'd expect from BIG.
F for incentive to commute to and from the building.
A+ Compared to the garbage going up in Toronto
just like OMA in the Netherlands
I’d say it’s a B for architecture. It’s not really architecturally bad, it’s just mid. However since it’s so well marketed and “overhyped,” I understand why you would think it’s a D+ since it really doesn’t deserve the recognition it’s receiving.
The architecture of a building has nothing to do with why people don't want to work in an office anymore... cost of living and work/life balance are the main drivers for people wanting to maintain wfh. Adding green spaces to an office environment isn't going to entice people back into the office.
Commute alone is torture enough, a shiny office building 1 hour away is still 1 hour away
I had "a nice time" during my commute while i was in working in Manhattan. I took the train everyday from Downtown Brooklyn. Then again my standards for commutes are very low usually, I have to drive every day 50mts-2hrs hours from my urbanization(PRican suburb) to San Juan 😰 but i can fully empathize w/ New Yorkes who've had to go thru what I did a lot more times than I have. Must be very tiring. Even with better transportation
If corporate wants everyone to return to the office, it's really simple. Lease a company car for me and give me a gas card, or provide a company shuttle to pick me up, and then pay thousands more per month to cover childcare. Or... corporate can save a bunch of money on leased office and parking space, utilities, etc., and give me a laptop and a phone to work from home. I don't understand why corporate hasn't embraced WFH culture with open arms and fuller wallets.
Painful commute, horrible office environment, soul crushing jobs. Nothing that a potted plant will fix.
Landscaper: “Wait. You want me to go where and trim what?”
It's ok - there will be a new 'City Sky-Gardening' profession started in the Universities to cope ! Humans are very creative & never skip a beat on coming up with the 'next thing' !
The US is such a weird country.
So the mayor has to call people to come back to workplaces of private companies ? 😅
It's true across the country, but especially in New York City, our public servants primarily serve private interest.
You mentioned "sustainable building practices". I would appreciate hearing more detail. The new building in NYC is certainly interesting, but ... more details about the actual construction methods used would be very appreciated!
Just throw the word in and you earn points.
Nothing sustainable about it, just greenwashing.
I worked on it as an iron worker. I think it was built like every other building. Nothing “green” about it.
Its a concrete, steel and glas tower. Nothing sustainable about it.
Serious Question, because I don't get it: Would an office, that looks slightly different make you go back into a glass box?
From my point of view, a glass box is a glass box. It doesn't get rid of commute, lack of parking space, office noise, toxic and/or apathetic bosses. "A nice view gets old quickly" as they say. I don't mind working in a basement, if the rest is all right.
"Toxic and/or apathetic bosses"...Pfizer is the largest tenant in the building. It doesn't get any more toxic than that!
100% agree
My box doesn't even have windows dude. I'd take glass and plants every day of the week.
@@siriusfeline no
A beautiful work space. Then you go down to street level, and there's a homeless person pissing on the sidewalk.
This is the definition of *green washing* . What's so green and special in a building which will have 1 tree per floor? How will it feel to walk on a concrete terrace 300 meters in the air where the winds are dangerous, not to mention what would happen if a depressed worker tried to take the shortcut to the ground via the terrace... Kinda disappointed where BIG is heading with this project...
My exact thoughts. Here is another. New York has an earthquake fault running along 32nd street.
All this talk of environmentally friendly stuff. Why can't people stay at home in their pjamas? Because empty skyscrapers need their rent paid
Specially with the floor-to-ceiling windows on all the outside walls, meaning a LOT of heat leaking out and massive heating bills. Lets also not forget that with the winter temperatures and wind speeds the trees won't survive their first winter and will have to be replaced every year.
It is also LEED certified, so the green credentials are earned, even if the terracing feels like greenwashing.
@@maggiesatterfield2402 well, that IS interesting! Never knew this.
"You can't stay home in your PJs all day." Arguments like that are why people change jobs to companies that make that possible.
I see this building every day and have seen in constructed that last couple years.. I’ve been waiting for this “spiral” to take shape and it really hasn’t. From afar the building just looks like a regular glass tower, with subtle cantilevered steps. This sky scraper is mid at best.
These videos are something I always look forward to. Thank you for the great content.
I'd love to see a video on the first skyscrapers in NYC. How the city was before and after those.
Seeing that clip from early 1900's, it really made me wonder.
Love this channel! Just the precise amount of time devoted to history to make it informative and yet not too long/boring.
I like this kind of videos! Skyscrapers keep fascinating me! and the quality of your work *B1M* make these video so fun to watch. *Thank you!*
It's an attractive concept, but they're going to be fighting a constant battle against plant die off and roof leaks in the areas beneath the planters.
Even if they succeed how do you prune the trees that grow over the edge. Sure you can tie off branches with rope but the dead ones tend to shatter when they are cut
@@IsraelistheJewsland netting on lower floors.
@@julm7744 From 15 stories though? If it was an overhanging branch in your backyard, sure, but in Manhattan? Even if you set a perimeter around the building for 1 hour for pruning maintenance, chances are it would hit a parked car/streetlight/roadsign...Doesn't sound feasible to me.
I mean, this isn't a new concept. We have plenty of experience with this.
What a pathetic counter argument.
Huge weight and maintenence costs, offices with green space are nice but are not better than being at home and having your own green space or access to a local park
I worked here for a couple months. Already saw mice running around after regular hours, not on the ground floor.
I live in a 73 story high rise, my unit has a large private terrace (larger than those on this building) along with 6 maple trees. Just like this high rise pictured, except much bigger. They are going to have a hell of a time finding the right tree for that amount of space. I don't think a tree that can survive NYC winters with that small amount of dirt/space/root structure, while simultaneously having the capability of being trimmed. Eventually, all trees grow. And we've had multiple arborists out including arborists from the Morton Arboretum and we still don't definitively know if continually trimming the trees will end up killing them. If the trees die, how do you get a large enough replacement up that high? You could grow one from a small size, but that takes an incredible amount of time. Is there a crane you can use to haul trees up there? These are all questions we are pondering where I live.
Also, the flies. Oh god the flies. I hope the architects built in bug zappers somewhere that come on nightly. Trust me if they do not have active insect management methods in place, no one will want to go out there because each floor will have a million flies/gnats on it.
Probably because the birds don't bother with 73th floor
@@nkotbs what do birds have anything to do with any of what I mentioned? I didn’t bring up birds at all. And yes they most definitely do go up that high.
The drainage factor and an ever expanding root system of these trees will become a major problem.
@@PhantomFilmAustralia if they do it right no, but I think they are under estimating what it requires to do landscaping like this. My building put effort into giving our trees good root structure as well as selecting a custom bred dwarf maple tree made specifically for this purpose. We’ve been able to keep our trees alive and growing since 2009. But again, there are still questions about how long they will live in this scenario. If we can keep trimming them, supposedly the arborists say they will last a long while.
But I don’t see that level of thought going into this design. It looks too small, way too small.
@@adambahe9309 thanks thats is a great imput, rarely read information from people that live at such high floors.
About the flies, why are there so many? do you know?
Looks good to me! The spiral exterior balcony which tapers the building back is a cool idea for adding some green space.
As a new yorker, you wont really notice this building amongst the others lol. They should've thought ahead and made half of the tower into residential spaces. People do not want to come back to the office.
You'd think in order to curb this global warming they would prefer people working remotely than driving so many miles, often in traffic to an office and then driving in traffic home again. Hybrid working is the future, no need for these massive office workspaces, employees only needed in the office 1-2 times a week at most
Now, the editing and the photography on this one was AWESOME
Uniqueness and creativity shapes this channel! Awesome work ❤️
It's a lovely design, and I like BIG, but I don't know how you can reasonably call that building environmentally friendly, especially if it's going to (likely) sit partially or mostly empty for a long time. It's made from massive amounts of steel, glass, and concrete, which are all shit for the environment. And of course, this is exclusively for the rich, and does nothing to improve quality of life for the average new Yorker. It's a cool building, but let's not pretend it's some new paradigm of green architecture. It's more akin to the same old pig in green lipstick, probably
I'm live in chicago and right outside my window is a condo tower being built with the same mesh protection. Was always wondering if it was just to keep people from falling off or if there was more to it. Thanks for the informative video! 3:42
Love the videos! Always watch them from the Netherlands :)
My aunt had a condo in West Palm (The Rapallo), on the 16th floor. She told me people had a hard time keeping plants alive on the balconies of the upper floors of her building.
If this was any other country there would be so much more negative press on it 🙄
That comment by the mayor of New York is wrong. Some of the cubicle slave population has decided to not go back. And the fortunate ones have employers that support their decision.
Love videos on New York! More please !
I can't wait to visit new york. Some seriously epic buildings there. What a great video as always. When we get 1440p and 2160p plz?
Oh man, if they think office workers will come back for some middle managers ego trip now that it's been conclusively proven they can work from home this development company is in for a shock
Even though I stand on my thoughts about glass towers I will admit that’s a neat little feature at 6:00 with the interconnecting floors
Echo chamber.
Another amazing video!!! 😁
Gorgeous. Eco-friendly. Sustainable. Futuristic.
Great news about the vertical garden, I had heard greenery like this was unsustainable or impractical, which to me just sounded like an engineering problem yet to be solved, but it sounds like they are figuring out ways to do it. Hopefully we'll see much more of it. Would love to see you cover more on this topic in the future. Always fantastic content, Fred!
The trees are just a gimmick. That skyscraper is just as unsustainable as the rest.
Finally a b1m video that isn’t a commercial for a computer program
Thank for this vid.
How does it handle high winds? Will the foliage get blown into the street?
Also, this is the most cuboid “spiral” I’ve ever seen… and I’m not sure if that’s a good thing 🤡
Looks minimal and aesthetically symmetrical. Good use of interior space with a cuboid design.
what makes you skeptical of the cuboid spiral?
@@sweetfruit7769 looks like he wants everything to look victorian 💀
@@sweetfruit7769 purely a subjective aesthetic critique. Is the spiral actually visually impactful when it really still just looks like another standard glass cube when you step back?
@@TheBritalianJob does it have to be visually impactful within the context of a skyline that appears more and more like a mixed salad bag, consisting of too many different and conflicting silhouettes?
but what's more important: what if the spiral serves a function (engineering without engines) in regard to climatization or lighting instead of merely serving a formal purpose?
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Honestly, NYC should sponsor you guys. Because the content is brilliant
You better believe I will continue to work from home in my pajamas. If Apple's head engineer can and will quit such a job over it, I will as well. Plenty of demand for tech workers who will allow me to work remote forever! :)
Those 20 trees will make a big difference :D
How about a video detailing plans to turn former office space into apartments/residential use?
Thank you for sharing.
B1M is such an expert in sugar-coating describing ugly buildings 😂
what a wonderful large steel & glass box. it goes perfectly with the 30 other steel and glass boxes at hudson yards
Every building and architecture style was new and popular at one point buddy.
@@ajgerbi and some are objectively better than others bud
very interesting channel, thanks for sharing!
What a wonderful project!
"More modern infrastructure like parking for cars" love how thats still modern for the US 😅
Lol.. "modern architecture" is that of 1950s-70s may be. Then "post-modern architecture"..idk what it is called now.. seems they are stuck in 1950s "modern infrastructure" 😉
It's terrible. Stop giving so much space to cars
@@imadasmone8915
Modern architecture = max space for min money
Post-modern architecture = Either (1975-1995) modern architecture with bullshit kitschy "traditional" elements to please reactionary philistines, or (1995-present) weirdness for the sake of weirdness
It looks amazing!
Just hoping storms won't throw trees down on people 😅
love love love this building and its design practices
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Green washing a building 😭atleast make it look believe-able
That shaping of the buildings helps to get the sunlight to street level, if the sun is at 70 degree azimuth.. but in New York it only reaches this high at mid-summer, at noon..
Is this real??
another great video
Thank you. Some interesting History and details of the building.. I leased a room at Four Points across the street during construction and it was fascinating to watch the process, including the technique of hanging each window panel, the very extensive, complex engineering of the horizontal spaces of the spiral, rain water capturing etc... and the steady elevating via cranes all day long of steel beams... Really amazing!... another factor as was discussed regarding the wind:...as the tower elevation grew and window panels were installed, the wind increased week by week....all seasons... by significant amounts, especially as the neighboring project on the north west corner of 35th and tenth began rising.. wind tunnels channeling the Hudson River winds!... But they are really beautiful in opinion. Thanks again.
Only in the concrete jungle would adding a couple trees be considered being in connection with nature, lol
Everything has its pros and cons It's a wonderful design incorporating greenery into the architecture yet making the floors easy to access, all it takes is one crazy person.
I'm always subscribed to the B1M because I always want to get more from the definitive video channel for construction. So should you be.
I loved how you simplified Art Deco design as the style in Batman.....smart and a little cheeky! LOL
i wouldn't consider this " tree covered"
I honestly love this building. I live nearby and can see it from my window. I’d love to one day work in this building.
I remember subscribing B1M while it had less than 100K subs or maybe around 100K. I thought why such a good content channel has so few subs. Seeing it at 2.4M now makes me happy.
Amazing job
When I see trees mounted on the sides of buildings I always wonder if the roots will have enough room to grow or if they might cause damage to the building in the future. Up to 80% of a tree is roots so there are more roots than branches showing above the ground. If the roots aren't happy you won't have strong and healthy plants. Which I imagine could even be dangerous at these heights, like weak branches or even a whole tree breaking in strong winds. 7:23 From what can be seen on the step balconies so far there doesn't seem to be any planters/structures that would support large trees as shown in the renders 3:49.
it's just the way we model the design for renders. It's not meant for a real representation. it's a vision or a concept if you will
I was wondering the same thing.. I’m guessing they will stick with smaller trees and swap them out if they get too big or maybe they will keep them in large planters.
I'm so happy to see everyone in the comments calling out this building as the ugly/boring, dysfunctional, greenwashed investment object that it is. The B1M should be more critical and not just repeat BS PR. Anyways, thanks for the video.
Nothing special about this tower. This sort of thing had been done on a smaller scale in smaller cities in Asia, and Australia before. The token greenery thing does not work.
Nicely explained.
Fred, you are an honorary NYC resident. Come here anytime!
As a New Yorker I can confirm that no one calls the Empire State Building just the Empire State... that term refers exclusively to New York State. Obviously.
what do yall call it?
The building having more plants definitely does make it stand out more.
Will it make me want to go back into an office 5 days a week? NOPE.
But nice to see them taking some architectual risks with the NYC skyline.
The money saved on the commute alone is enough incentive to work from home.
1:00 the lighting of it looks SICK!
Thank you for the tour And the interesting facts about it I like the building