Heatherwick's Copper 'Vessel' Tops Out at New York's Hudson Yards
Heatherwick Studio?s glimmering staircase monument, ?Vessel,? has topped out after eight months of construction at New York City?s Hudson Yards development. Consisting of 154 flights of stairs, 2,500 individual steps and 80 landings, the sculptural public space has now reached its full height of 150 feet, which will allow it to offer sweeping views of Manhattan?s west side when it opens in early 2019.
Courtesy of Related-Oxford
Heatherwick Studio?s glimmering staircase monument, ?Vessel,? has topped out after eight months of construction at New York City?s Hudson Yards development. Consisting of 154 flights of stairs, 2,500 individual steps and 80 landings, the sculptural public space has now reached its full height of 150 feet, which will allow it to offer sweeping views of Manhattan?s west side when it opens in early 2019.
The structure was assembled out of 75 prefabricated pieces fabricated in Monfalcone, Italy by Cimolai S.p.A. and then shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to their permanent home in New York. Over the next year, the final mechanical and safety components will be installed, as well as the surrounding landscaping designed by designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects in collaboration with Heatherwick Studio.
Courtesy of Related-Oxford
?Vessel is one of the most complex pieces of steelwork ever made,? commented Thomas Heatherwick, Founder of Heatherwick Studio. ?Today we are marking the exc...
Courtesy of Related-Oxford
Heatherwick Studio?s glimmering staircase monument, ?Vessel,? has topped out after eight months of construction at New York City?s Hudson Yards development. Consisting of 154 flights of stairs, 2,500 individual steps and 80 landings, the sculptural public space has now reached its full height of 150 feet, which will allow it to offer sweeping views of Manhattan?s west side when it opens in early 2019.
The structure was assembled out of 75 prefabricated pieces fabricated in Monfalcone, Italy by Cimolai S.p.A. and then shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to their permanent home in New York. Over the next year, the final mechanical and safety components will be installed, as well as the surrounding landscaping designed by designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects in collaboration with Heatherwick Studio.
Courtesy of Related-Oxford
?Vessel is one of the most complex pieces of steelwork ever made,? commented Thomas Heatherwick, Founder of Heatherwick Studio. ?Today we are marking the exc...
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