Between the streets of New York and the High Line, there is a particular urban condition, a layered civic territory that has developed over generations. This realm features a community of over 350 art galleries that has seen the High Line’s transformation from abandoned freight rail line to public park.
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Zaha Hadid Architects’ first project in New York City, 520 West 28th, tries to interpret this lively context. The split levels of the design define varied living spaces and echoes the multiple layers of civic space on 28th Street and the High Line. Designed and constructed with a practiced understanding of material qualities and manufacturing techniques, the facade conveys the attention to detail evident throughout 520 West 28th—brushed and tinted by hand to resonate with the adjacent structures of the High Line and its neighbourhood.
- Project:
- 520 West 28th
- Program:
- housing
- Location:
- New York City
- Architect:
- Zaha Hadid – Patrik Schumacher
- Project director:
- Johannes Schafelner
- Project architects:
- Johannes Schafelner, Alberto Barba
- Package leads:
- Aurora Santana (Units), Stella Dourtme (Amenities), Michael Sims (Facade), Natacha Viveiros (I-max)
- Project Team:
- Sharan Sundar, John-Alan Gallerie, Seungho Yeo, Henning Hansen, Claudia Dorner, Jakub Klaska, Afsoon Eshaghi, Mattia Gambardella, Moa Carlson, Sara Sheikh Akbari, Niran Buyukkoz, Marius Cernica, Igor Pantic, Jamie Mann, Matthew Carapiet, Sergey Krupin, Nicola Berkowski, Peter Logan, Sebastian Lundberg, Miguel Diaz-Morales
- Site architects:
- Ed Gaskin, Filipe Pereira, Stella Dourtme
- Director:
- Tiago Correia
- Completion:
- 2017