The Spiral
New York, United States
Client
Tishman Speyer
Typology
Work
Size m2/ft2
260,129 / 2,800,000
Status
Completed
“The Spiral punctuates the northern end of the High Line, and the linear park appears to carry through into the tower, forming an ascending ribbon of lively green spaces, extending the High Line to the skyline. The Spiral combines the classic Ziggurat silhouette of the premodern skyscraper with the slender proportions and efficient layouts of the modern high-rise. Designed for the people who occupy it, The Spiral ensures that every floor of the tower opens up to the outdoors, creating hanging gardens and cascading atria that connect the open floor plates from the ground floor to the summit into a single uninterrupted workspace. The string of terraces wrapping around the building expands the daily life of the tenants to the outside air and light. As the trees and grasses, flowers and vines have taken root over the last two summers, The Spiral is slowly becoming an ascending ribbon of green wrapping around the entire silhouette of the tower - like a 1000-foot-tall vine at the scale of the city’s skyline.”Bjarke Ingels - Founder & Creative Director, BIG
VIEWS — At 1031.5 ft tall, The Spiral clears most of the neighboring buildings, allowing uninterrupted views over New York City.
SITE & ENVELOPE — Located at the crossing of 34th Street and 10th Avenue, the building punctuates the High Line and the beginning of Hudson Boulevard. The zoning envelope allows for 2.6 million sf and requires two setbacks.
Building Height — We stretch the basic volume to the requested building height and follow the setback structure of the zoning envelope.
FROM HIGH LINE TO SKY LINE — The High Line will appear to carry through into the tower's spiral, forming an ascending ribbon of lively green spaces and extending the High Line into the skyline.
TYPICAL MULTI-STORY ORGANIZATION — In a typical commercial skyscraper, floors operate in isolation. Even when occupants work for the same organization, interactions are minimal.
CONNECTED ORGANIZATION — The Spiral has a string of double height spaces that can be connected. Occupants on different floors are able to interact with each other in a lively ribbon of atria and terraces.
“The Spiral pioneers a new landscape typology by bringing gardens to a high rise. Its continuous cascade of greenery from one level to another provides office spaces with a new vertical dimension of social and biophilic connectivity. Designed to strengthen collaboration and wellbeing, each terrace hosts plantings specific to the varying daylight, winds and temperatures at every floor of the tower. These gardens will welcome neighboring birds, bees and butterflies to expand New York's biodiversity to the city skyline.”Giulia Frittoli - Partner, BIG
Partner in Charge
Bjarke Ingels
Daniel Sundlin
Thomas Christoffersen
Technical Director
Douglass Alligood
Project Manager
Nicholas Potts
Carolien Schippers
Project Designer
Dominyka Voelkle
Jennifer Wood
Project Architect
Armen Menendian
BIG Landscape
Kate Cella
Kelly Neill
Emily Chen
Giulia Frittoli
Varat Limwibul
Manon Otto
Marcus Wilford
Simon David
BIG Ideas
Tore Banke
Kristoffer Negendahl
Project Team
Beat Schenk
Agla Egilsdottir
Agne Rapkeviciute
Alvaro Velosa
Andreas Buettner
Andrew Lee
Florencia Kratsman
Haochen Yu
Jan Leenknegt
Julie Kaufman
Mackenzie Keith
Margaret Tyrpa
Veronica Acosta
Megan Van Artsdalen
Morgan Mangelsen
Otilia Pupezeanu
Ryan Duval
Terrence Chew
Tracy Sodder
Won Ryu
Lawrence-Olivier Mahadoo
Tony-Saba Shiber
Stephen Kwok
Chris Tron
Deb Campbell
Dylan Hames
Francesca Portesine
Gabriel Jewell-Vitale
Janie Green
Bernardo Schuhmacher
Adam Sheraden
Adrien Mans
Anton Bashkaev
Benjamin Johnson
Brian Rome
Cadence Merrie Bayley
Cheyenne Vandevoorde
Christopher White
Daniele Pronesti
David Brown
Davide Maggio
Denys Kozak
Erin Yook
Gabriella Den Elzen
Gaurav Sardana
Ibrahim Salman
Jan Casimir
Janice Rim
Joshua Burns
Juan David Ramirez
Kurt Nieminen
Lisbet Fritze Trentemøller
Lucio Santos
Maria Eugenia Dominguez
Martynas Norvila
Mateusz Rek
Matteo Gawlak
Maureen Rahman
Michael Zhang
Phawin Siripong
Rachel Coulomb
Ruo Wang
Sarkis Sarkisyan
Simon Lee
Thea Gasseholm
Ute Rinnebach
Veronica Moretti
Wells Barber
Will Fu
Yaziel Juarbe
Yenhsi Tung
Zoltan Kalászi
Hung-Kai Liao
Ali Chen
Benjamin Caldwell
Dong-Joo Kim
Jack Lipson
Josiah Poland
Luke Lu
Peter Lee
Seo Young Shin
Awards
Beacon Awards, 2024
Engineering News-Record, Best of the Best Award, 2024
NYCxDESIGN Awards, 2024
CTBUH Award of Excellence, 2023
CoStar Impact Award, 2023
ASLA NY Design Merit Award, 2017
Collaborators
Adamson Associates
WSP Cantor Seinuk
Turner Construction
Cosentini
Langan
Edgett Williams Consulting Group
Thornton Tomasetti
Heintges
Vidaris
Entek Engineering
FMS
Pandiscio Green
Doyle Partners
Squint Opera
Siteworks
Northern Designs
Space Copenhagen
Michaelis Boyd
Studio Drift
Banker Steel
Roger & Sons Construction
Permasteelisa
CMI
Vitrocsa
W + W
Top Shelf Electric
Otis Elevator Company
National
Bamco
Garcia
Jacobson & Company
Cooper Plastering
Sponzilli
JBB
BIG Landscape
BIG Ideas