Designing with Air: Building in Manhattan

Urrutia, Juan

Designing with Air: Building in Manhattan - urbanNext, May 06, 2019. - 1869 words.

Essay, expanding design practices, High Density, Juan Roque Urrutia, ODA, Politics and economics, Territory and mobility, Unboxing New York

Essay, expanding design practices, High Density, Juan Roque Urrutia, ODA, Politics and economics, Territory and mobility, Unboxing New York

This essay is an excerpt of Unboxing New York by ODA, published by Actar Publishers.

Excerpt from:
Unboxing New York, 2018 -- https://actar.com/product/unboxing-new-york/

Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos.

For whoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to heaven and down to hell.

VI-A American Law of Property ยง 28.3


Land is at a premium in Manhattan, but its real value is up in the skies. The 1961 introduction of the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) made ad coelum a very lucrative business: A lot seized the right to be developed multiple times its size.

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Architecture Planning Manhattan,USA USA

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