100 Norfolk: A New Relationship in the New York Development Parameters

High Density, ODA, Project, Territory and mobility, Unboxing New York, Urban Paradigms

Apartment, Building regulations, City development, Density, Design strategies, Glass, Glazed façade, Housing, Identity, Manhattan, Megacities & High Density, New York, Project, Structure, urban, Urban Dialogue, USA

This essay is an excerpt of "Unboxing New York" by ODA, published by Actar Publishers -- https://lccn.loc.gov/2017956616

Autonomous, profit-driven and constrained by thorough regulations, Manhattan blocks can reveal unexpected urban possibilities. On 100 Norfolk, an inner lot was meant to host a through-building, 70 feet away from the corner with Delancey St. In a fluid give and take between the governing rules and development ambitions, 100 Norfolk takes the typical building model and flips it on its head, creating a new relationship in the New York development parameters. Rather than growing vertically, 100 Norfolk grows diagonally, enjoying increments of area every two floors.