Concepts for what is being called The Big Bend propose a slender arched structure that would measure 1.22km in length from end to end, effectively nearly double the height of towers like the Burj Khalifa.
It would straddle another building on Billionaire’s Row on 57th Street, creating a world-class structure that does not challenge the city’s height zoning regulations.
Ioannis Oikonomou, architect and founder of Oiio Studio said: “New York city’s zoning laws have created a peculiar set of tricks through which developers try to maximize their property’s height in order to infuse it with the prestige of a high rise structure”
“If we manage to bend our structure instead of bending the zoning rules of New York we would be able to create one of the most prestigious buildings in Manhattan.”
Existing and proposed buildings along 57th street
1. One57, completed in 2014. 2.Central Park Tower to be completed in 2019. 3.111 West 57th Street to be completed in 2018. 7. Big Bend Tower
