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SOUTH STREET TOWER

SOUTH STREET TOWER
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At 312,000 sf (29,000 m²), South Street Tower occupies a compact site in Manhattan’s South Seaport, redefining urban high-rise design by embedding multi-tiered public zones within its vertical volume. Blending commercial and residential programming, the building features stacked sky lobbies that integrate rooftop gardens, dining venues, fitness amenities, meeting rooms, screening halls, and wine lounges for communal use.

Stratified rooftop gardens serve as passive cooling zones, channeling river breezes to reduce indoor temperatures and enhance overall environmental comfort. A performance-optimized facade minimizes solar heat gain and lowers operational energy consumption. Rigorous zoning analysis yields a slender tower proportion of 1:13.5 — slimmer than the industry standard of 1:12 — enabling the full spectrum of programmatic functions to be accommodated within the site’s constrained boundaries.

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Year: Design phase 2012
Location: South Street Seaport, NYC
Client: Anbau Enterprises
Project Type: Multiuse tower combining commercial and residential spaces with intermittent sky-courts for public functions
Size: 312,000 sf (29,000 m2)
Design Team: Principal in charge: Winka Dubbeldam, Assoc. AIA | Archi-Tectonics Team: David Barr, Thomas Barry, Ivo De Jeu, Hiroyuki Miki, Artem Sumakov, Daria Listopad
Consultants: Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti | Consulting Engineers: ICOR Associates

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