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The Standard Hotel NYC.The newly developed Standard Hotel in the meat packing district of New York undergoing a renaissance, now no longer a meat packing district but a fashionable go to area for food and shopping.
The Standard, High Line, formerly The Standard, is an 18-story luxury boutique hotel located at 848 Washington Street between West 13th and Little West 12th Streets in theMeatpacking District of Manhattan, New York City. It sits 57 feet (17 m) above street level, above the High Line, a former elevated railroad track reconstructed into a linear park. The hotel, which has 337 guest rooms, was designed by the architects of the Polshek Partnership and was completed in 2009. Architype Review, an online architecture publication, heralded the hotel as being "straightforward, [and] thoughtfully conceived, [something] that is all too rare in the City today.
Design.
The hotel is raised 57 feet (17 m) above street level on pilotis, five massive sculptural piers, which hoist the building thirty feet over the park below. On the east side of the structure "[a] single, sloped concrete pier, along which a tantalizing set of fire stairs runs, supports the building by the hotel entrance."[2] The elevation of this structure is one clear distinction from the orthogonal street grid of Manhattan. Another was hinging the two concrete slabs which make up the structure. The hinge technique was not only a stylistic choice but also a functional one. Because of the angle of the two slabs all 337 guest rooms have unobstructed views of Manhattan: the New York City skyline, the Hudson River or the Empire State Building. Balazs explains the choice for hinging the slabs as such: "It [allowed] us to squeeze in an extra room per floor, but more significantly, it provides a variety of view corridors while retaining as many views as possible of the Empire State Building."[2]
The two prevalent materials used were concrete and glass. Two techniques of concrete pouring were used, pour-in-place and board form. The grid of the concrete serves as a frame for the water-white glass. The combination of the two materials creates a curtain wall for the façade of the structure. Architype Review notes that, "the juxtaposition of the building’s two materials…reflects the character of New York City: the gritty quality of the concrete contrasts with the refinement of the glass.
Architectural style
The style of the building is best related to the architectural vocabulary defined by Le Corbusier. There are numerous references to his style of building, from the use of the pilotis, to the incorporation of public space, the use of a glass curtain wall façade, and the utilization of the rooftop, which now houses a bar called Le Bain.[3] These features also speak to the principles of the International Style. Joseph Minutillo notes that some of the references to Corbusier were intentional, while others may not have been. For example, "an elevated pedestrian zone slicing through the building [is] reminiscent of Le Corbusier’s multistreet-level designs for La Ville Radieuse."(Thank you Wiki)
The Standard Hotel NYC.The newly developed Standard Hotel in the meat packing district of New York undergoing a renaissance, now no longer a meat packing district but a fashionable go to area for food and shopping.
The Standard, High Line, formerly The Standard, is an 18-story luxury boutique hotel located at 848 Washington Street between West 13th and Little West 12th Streets in theMeatpacking District of Manhattan, New York City. It sits 57 feet (17 m) above street level, above the High Line, a former elevated railroad track reconstructed into a linear park. The hotel, which has 337 guest rooms, was designed by the architects of the Polshek Partnership and was completed in 2009. Architype Review, an online architecture publication, heralded the hotel as being "straightforward, [and] thoughtfully conceived, [something] that is all too rare in the City today.
Design.
The hotel is raised 57 feet (17 m) above street level on pilotis, five massive sculptural piers, which hoist the building thirty feet over the park below. On the east side of the structure "[a] single, sloped concrete pier, along which a tantalizing set of fire stairs runs, supports the building by the hotel entrance."[2] The elevation of this structure is one clear distinction from the orthogonal street grid of Manhattan. Another was hinging the two concrete slabs which make up the structure. The hinge technique was not only a stylistic choice but also a functional one. Because of the angle of the two slabs all 337 guest rooms have unobstructed views of Manhattan: the New York City skyline, the Hudson River or the Empire State Building. Balazs explains the choice for hinging the slabs as such: "It [allowed] us to squeeze in an extra room per floor, but more significantly, it provides a variety of view corridors while retaining as many views as possible of the Empire State Building."[2]
The two prevalent materials used were concrete and glass. Two techniques of concrete pouring were used, pour-in-place and board form. The grid of the concrete serves as a frame for the water-white glass. The combination of the two materials creates a curtain wall for the façade of the structure. Architype Review notes that, "the juxtaposition of the building’s two materials…reflects the character of New York City: the gritty quality of the concrete contrasts with the refinement of the glass.
Architectural style
The style of the building is best related to the architectural vocabulary defined by Le Corbusier. There are numerous references to his style of building, from the use of the pilotis, to the incorporation of public space, the use of a glass curtain wall façade, and the utilization of the rooftop, which now houses a bar called Le Bain.[3] These features also speak to the principles of the International Style. Joseph Minutillo notes that some of the references to Corbusier were intentional, while others may not have been. For example, "an elevated pedestrian zone slicing through the building [is] reminiscent of Le Corbusier’s multistreet-level designs for La Ville Radieuse."(Thank you Wiki)