Waterfront Highrise

Work at Selldorf Architects

Schematic Design, Design Development

2019–2020
New York, NY

The project’s complexity required a sophisticated building information model (BIM) that enabled seamless collaboration among the design team, consultants, contractors, and client.

Project manager: Michael Baskett, RA
Project architect: Jacob Segal, RA
Software used: Revit, Rhino, V-Ray, Enscape, and AutoCAD

Rendering of the podium entrance, with a canopy, planters and the Williamsburg Bridge in the distance

View of the podium entrance

Street-level rendering of two tall towers linked by a skybridge, seen between neighboring buildings

View from the street

Ground floor plan showing lobbies, retail, school classrooms and cores on a triangular site — Revit-generated ground floor plan, overlaid with the structural consultant’s work

Schematic wall section, elevation and plan strip of the podium facade with level markers

Schematic section drawings of the podium

Rendered elevation of the stone-clad podium facade with large windows and the entrance canopy

Rendered elevation of the podium

Wall section, elevation and plan detail of the back-ventilated panel option

Details of the back-ventilated panel option

Full-scale facade mockup of back-ventilated panels with iridescent tiles around two windows

Mockup of the back-ventilated panel with iridescent tiles

Wall section, elevation and plan detail of the precast concrete panel option

Details of the precast concrete panel option

Full-scale precast concrete panel mockup with iridescent tiles, a worker in a safety vest beside it

Mockup of the precast concrete panel with iridescent tiles

Rendering of a dark stone indoor spa with a pool and tall windows over the city — Indoor spa, rendered for a client presentation

Rendering of a long indoor pool lined with white and green marble

Indoor pool, rendered for a client presentation

Material study of green marble walls and floor beside a wood-lined sauna entrance

Material palette test for the sauna entrance

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