Radio Tower & Hotel

摘要

This 22-story building is a 21,800 m2 mixed-use high rise located at 2420 Amsterdam Avenue in the Washington Heights area in Manhattan. MVRDV's first major project in the United States will occupy an underutilized lot at a crucial intersection: where Amsterdam Avenue meets the Washington Bridge, which connects Manhattan to the Bronx.The distinctive massing of the building resolves the project's main challenge: accommodating a large volume of program while remaining contextual. Radio Tower & Hotel takes the typical composition of a small block in Washington Heights,pulls it apart and then reassembles it into an asymmetrical stack of boxes with openings and roof terraces. These boxes are designed to appear like separate buildings and take inspiration from the vibrant colors of the shopfronts in the neighborhood,with each part of the building finished in a different color of ceramic brick.