8x8 Tower — Design for Sustainable Living
Show Facts
Site
Within a few blocks of the East River in Lower Manhattan
Components
flood-protected podium with double-height lobby, eight multi-story communities, eight distributed public spaces with gardens, terraces, flexible amenity spaces
Sustainability
The tower addresses the challenge of creating a sustainable vertical urbanism with a variety of strategies that result in a comprehensive sustainable ecosystem.
Sustainability: PDF download
Project Credits
Structural: Guy Nordenson and Associates, New York; Sustainable Design: Atelier Ten; Images: Studio AMD, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners