뉴욕 허드슨에 세워질 거대한 벌꿀집 계단 건축물 Architects Design Giant Honeycomb Building Made of Staircases: VIDEO

건설과학 Construction,Science/디 자 인 Design2016. 9. 18. 21:39

Architects Design Giant Honeycomb Building Made of Staircases

By Jessica Stewart September 17, 2016

영국의 건축가 '토마스 헤더윅'는 최근 뉴욕 허드슨에 세워질 거대한 계단 건축물 디자인을 공개했다.

80개의 계단참이 있는 154개의 계단으로 구성된 이 벌꿀집 건축물이다.

이 아이디어는 건설현장의 폐기된 계단에서 착안했다.

헤더윅은 "이 건축물은 계단에서 오르내리는 것 뿐 아니라 뛰어내리기도 하며 춤도 출 수도 있다.

힘들면 누워서 쉴 수도 있다."고 말한다.

이 건축물이 완성되면 뉴욕의 새로운 랜드마크로 자리잡게 될 것이다.

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British architect Thomas Heatherwick recently unveiled plans for a giant staircase, composed of 154 intertwining flights with 80 landings, for New York's Hudson Yards. Dubbed Vessel, Heatherwick's honeycomb design seems like one of MC Escher's mind-blowing drawings come to life. The architect's inspiration came from an abandoned staircase that caught his eye at a construction site as a student. "It caught my imagination and I loved that it was part furniture and part infrastructure. you could climb up stairs, jump on them, dance on them, get tired on them and then plonk yourself down on them. Years later, suddenly here was an opportunity to make a new kind of landmark for hudson yards. We wondered whether it could be built entirely from steps and landings?"

Equal parts adult jungle-gym and elevated viewing platform, the copper-toned structure will take an estimated two years to complete, with pieces manufactured in Italy and assembled on-site. The base measures 50 feet in diameter, opening to 150 feet at the top ring. As the focal point of the square and gardens designed by landscape architects Nelson Bryd Woltz, Vessel is a functional public art piece allowing for public interaction. Rising from the lush greenery of five acres of plazas, which includes a 200-foot fountain mimicking a river, Heatherwick focused in on the connectivity between humans as they buzz through the structure. "We saw this as a building made from staircases," Heatherwick shares with designboom, "There was nothing to commemorate here, and having something that creates a physical engagement creates a chemistry between us. You would probably go a different route than I would. There’s a sort of unspoken choreography as you see each other, in seeing and being seen, and an almost stitched in humor. If something is an unfamiliar experience it draws out different responses from people that can trigger another layer of ways people respond to each other."

Just how will the finished structure be used by New Yorkers? Ultimate selfie location? World's largest stair master? It remains to be seen, but the world will be watching.