Curtain wall set up is finding nearer to completion on 181 Mercer Road, NYU‘s new 750,000-square-foot creating in Greenwich Village. Built by Davis Brody Bond and KieranTimberlake, the growth is composed of a few towers rising from a whole-block podium among Houston, Mercer, and Bleecker Streets and I.M. Pei’s University Village complicated.
Considering that our past update in March, the reflective glass façade panels have created important development and now envelop nearly the entirety of the construction. Only the closing couple flooring of the northernmost quantity have nevertheless to be enclosed.
181 Mercer Street. Photo by Michael Youthful
181 Mercer Road. Picture by Michael Youthful
181 Mercer Street. Image by Michael Younger
The tallest tower on the southern corner seems to be the furthest in advance, while the shorter central and northern towers are not far too far driving. The podium and shorter towers function an intricate envelope with several angles applied in the design and format of the curtain wall. The color of the façade also seems to change subtly based on one’s viewpoint and the time of working day.
181 Mercer Street. Photo by Michael Young
181 Mercer Street. Photo by Michael Young
181 Mercer Street. Image by Michael Younger
181 Mercer Road. Image by Michael Young
181 Mercer Avenue. Picture by Michael Young
181 Mercer Street. Image by Michael Younger
181 Mercer Avenue. Photo by Michael Younger
181 Mercer Avenue. Photo by Michael Youthful
181 Mercer Street. Image by Michael Younger
181 Mercer Street. Picture by Michael Young
181 Mercer Street. Picture by Michael Youthful
181 Mercer Street. Image by Michael Youthful
181 Mercer Road. Picture by Michael Young
Pictures from all around the progress offer a analyze in architectural contrast with I. M. Pei’s Brutalist architecture of University Village to the west, and 18 West Houston Street, household to the Angelika Film Center, instantly to the east.
181 Mercer Road. Photo by Michael Youthful
181 Mercer Street (appropriate). Picture by Michael Younger
181 Mercer Road (correct). Image by Michael Young
181 Mercer Street is planned to provide new dormitories for college students and housing for school, further business office room and eating areas, and outdoor landscaped rooftop terraces atop the podium. Indoor athletic amenities consist of a 6-lane swimming pool, a functioning keep track of, four basketball courts, squash courts, a wrestling space, and multiple health rooms. There will also be area for supplemental classrooms, studios, various theater rooms, observe and rehearsal rooms, a cafe, and a theater entire with balcony and mezzanine seating intended to accommodate up to 556 people today.
181 Mercer Road is slated for completion this winter.
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