‘Vertical Neighborhood’ MoMA Tower Proposal
July 2009
PARAMETRIC CONSULTATION
NEW YORK TOWER PROPOSAL
Vertical Neighborhood is a mixed Use New York high rise scheme conceived by the New York based architecture Firm - Axis Mundi with Parametric modeling and digital design by CarloMaria Ciampoli (Lan) and James Coleman (Parapractice).
“A more diverse, complex, heterogeneous, and environmentally-minded city need no longer be represented by one-note architecture that makes a singular visual image and little else,” says John Beckmann of Axis Mundi
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Parapractice utilized Parametric Software to control the tower’s “Random” aesthetic. The Digital model acted as a reservoir where information was both deposited and extracted. Within the model Unit; square footage, variation, and density were all defined Parametrically thus easily monitored in real time. As conceptual design decisions were being made real world data could play an important role in this dialogue.
The utilization of an associative approach not only provides for the generation of complex geometry but allows for the integration of external data; project progress, material properties, manufacturing constraints, and economic forecasting, become essential drivers of design. The use of Parametric Software promotes flexibility throughout the architectural process, permitting design decisions to be consistently applied at each phase. Emphasis is placed back on design and performance.
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“Historically, the skyscraper was a unitary, homogeneous form that reflected the generic, flexible office space it contained,” says Beckmann. “The Vertical Neighborhood is more organic and more flexible—an assemblage of disparate architectural languages. It reflects an emerging reality for tall buildings as collections of domestic elements: dwellings, neighborhoods, streets”
PARAMETRIC STUDIES + PROCESS IMAGES
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