JIE XU

The TurNing Tower is a 94m buildings with 12 duplex stories. It stands between Highline Park and 10th Ave, looking at the entire super block ”London terrace”. 

 

 

The First TurN

Urban strategy - Connection N

 

 

Tower-Bridge Design

Through the public space at the ground level of the tower and the semi-open gallery at the highline, the architecture is able to blend into highline park, creating a smooth connection not only to bring people from the park, but also prevent them from entering the neighborhood along the 10th Ave. 

 

Meanwhile, the fluctuation of the bridge helps to eliminate the drop from the highline to the site. 

 

The bridge was able to form the ground landscape between the 24th St.and 23rd St. as well as the space under the rail, introducing people to the site through the landscape. 

The node on bridge is also the set-back of the block, acting as the coutyard of the entire project. 

 

 

The Second TurN

Unit aggregation - Hierarchy N

 

Two types of mutually independent units share a public workshop space, creating three housing types. By interlocking with each other as one integral unit, they are able to start aggregating. 

The open and private balconies are set in diversity. They link with the open and private circulation cores as major entraces, in substitution  of traditional horizontal  stacking floor slabs.

 

 

The third TurN

Structure - Nesting and weaving  N

 

Three kinds of structures interweave and nest together: the primary structure is the solid concrete with metal wraps. Metal railings and window frames are the secondary structures. 

Finally, soft metal wires are fabricated together and becomes the tertiary structures.