One Vanderbilt

摘要

As a 21st century successor to Rockefeller Center, and following the layered language of great New York buildings such as the Chrysler, the Empire State, and the Woolworth, One Vanderbilt will meet the market demands of Midtown East while transforming the civic needs of the Grand Central District. Formally, the massing is comprised of four interlocking, tapering volumes that spiral up to the sky. This shape creates an elegant proportion sympathetic to nearby Chrysler Building. At the base, a series of angled cuts organize a visual procession to Grand Central Terminal, revealing the Vanderbilt corner of its magnificent cornice- a view which has been obstructed for nearly a century.