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Coveted corner units will make up 80 percent of ODA’s Jenga-like Williamsburg towersThe coveted corner apartment is typically the hardest kind to come by, but that won’t be the case at 416-420 Kent, a new waterfront development in South Williamsburg that’ll boast 80% corner units once complete. Designed by <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/tag/oda-architecture" target="_blank">ODA New York</a>, the residential complex eschews the traditional blocky tower design for a Jenga-like appearance that maximizes access to natural light and views. Interestingly enough, the 857-unit development was commissioned by politician-turned-real-estate-developer <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/tag/eliot-spitzer" target="_blank">Eliot Spitzer</a>.1
Coveted corner units will make up 80 percent of ODA’s Jenga-like Williamsburg towersThe apartment will also include 77,000-square-feet of landscaped outdoor space.2
Coveted corner units will make up 80 percent of ODA’s Jenga-like Williamsburg towersThe apartment will also include 77,000-square-feet of landscaped outdoor space.3
Coveted corner units will make up 80 percent of ODA’s Jenga-like Williamsburg towersODA New York maximizes the number of corner units by using two standard floor plans that are flipped and mirrored around the tower’s central access to create three multi-dimensional facades.4
Coveted corner units will make up 80 percent of ODA’s Jenga-like Williamsburg towersThe manipulated building facade includes cantilevered sections that allow for garden terraces.5
Coveted corner units will make up 80 percent of ODA’s Jenga-like Williamsburg towers“The vast majority of towers in NYC are extruded rectangles,” said the architects. “There are historical, contextual and practical reasons for this. As population density in New York increased, our habitats borrowed from the corporate archetypal towers and took on a similar two-dimensional structure. Our reliance on this big box concept created an inherent locational hierarchy with its shape - corner apartment, corner office, corner view etc. ODA challenged this hierarchy by designing a tower where every dwelling unit is a corner apartment.”6
Coveted corner units will make up 80 percent of ODA’s Jenga-like Williamsburg towers416-420 Kent by ODA New York7-
416-420 Kent by ODA New YorkThe coveted corner apartment is typically the hardest kind to come by, but that won’t be the case at 416-420 Kent, a new waterfront development in South Williamsburg that’ll boast 80% corner units once complete. Designed by <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/tag/oda-architecture" target="_blank">ODA New York</a>, the residential complex eschews the traditional blocky tower design for a Jenga-like appearance that maximizes access to natural light and views. Interestingly enough, the 857-unit development was commissioned by politician-turned-real-estate-developer <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/tag/eliot-spitzer" target="_blank">Eliot Spitzer</a>.8
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416-420 Kent by ODA New YorkThe apartment will also include 77,000-square-feet of landscaped outdoor space.9
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416-420 Kent by ODA New YorkThe apartment will also include 77,000-square-feet of landscaped outdoor space.10
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416-420 Kent by ODA New YorkODA New York maximizes the number of corner units by using two standard floor plans that are flipped and mirrored around the tower’s central access to create three multi-dimensional facades.11
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416-420 Kent by ODA New YorkThe manipulated building facade includes cantilevered sections that allow for garden terraces.12
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416-420 Kent by ODA New York“The vast majority of towers in NYC are extruded rectangles,” said the architects. “There are historical, contextual and practical reasons for this. As population density in New York increased, our habitats borrowed from the corporate archetypal towers and took on a similar two-dimensional structure. Our reliance on this big box concept created an inherent locational hierarchy with its shape - corner apartment, corner office, corner view etc. ODA challenged this hierarchy by designing a tower where every dwelling unit is a corner apartment.”13
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416-420 Kent by ODA New York416-420 Kent by ODA New York14
