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“The 270 Park Avenue is set to be a new landmark that responds to its historic location as well as the legacy of JPMorgan Chase in New York,” claims Norman Foster, Founder and Executive Chairman of Foster + Partners.
“The unique design rises to the challenge of respecting the rhythm and distinctive streetscape of Park Avenue while accommodating the vital transport infrastructure of the city below.”
“The result is an elegant solution where the architecture is the structure, and the structure is the architecture, embracing a new vision that will serve JPMorgan Chase now and well into the future,” Foster adds.
Foster + Partners has revealed recently the design for the new JPMorgan Chase’s 60-story skyscraper in New York, proclaimed as “New York City’s largest all-electric tower” promising net-zero operational emissions and succeeding the highest standards in sustainability, health and wellness.
Designed as the new global headquarters building, the design will be a new state-of-the-art global headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.
The tower, reaching at 423 meters, will offer 2.5 times more ground-level outdoor space, featuring an expansive public plaza with street-level green spaces.
On the ground level of Park and Madison Avenues, it will offer 2.5 times more outdoor space, featuring wider sidewalks and a large public plaza on Madison Avenue. These walkways will incorporate natural green space and other amenities geared toward the residents, workers, and visitors who frequent the neighborhood on a daily basis.
For the concept for the new design, Foster + Partners’ aim was to create a timeless addition to Park Avenue to celebrate the city’s iconic architectural history and serve as a powerful new symbol for the next generation of office towers in New York.
Featuring a state-of-the-art structural system, this system is implemented to negotiate the site constraints below and at ground level.
It will feature an innovative fan-column structure with triangular bracing that will allow the building to touch the ground lightly across the entire block.
By lifting the building about 80 feet (24 meters) from the ground, it will extend the viewpoint from the Park Avenue entrance through to Madison Avenue
Emphasizing the sustainability principles of the tower the design provides flexible workspaces with abundant daylight, fresh air, and biophilic elements.
“Sustainability is at the heart of the project, with workspaces flooded with daylight and fresh air, incorporating biophilic elements and materials to improve wellbeing,” says Nigel Dancey, Head of Studio, Foster + Partners
“As a team, we sought to question and re-evaluate every aspect of the design to create an ambitious future vision of the workplace for JP Morgan,” Dancey adds.
An important aspect is that 97% of the building materials of the tower are reused from the demolition. 270 Park is set to be built as “New York City’s largest all-electric skyscraper” promising net-zero operational emissions. The tower will be 100 percent powered by renewable energy sourced from a New York State hydroelectric plant.
Adopting the circular economy principles, Foster + Partners recycled, reused or upcycled 97 percent of the building materials from the demolition for the project – “it is far exceeding the 75 percent requirement of the leading green building standard,” as the studio noted.
Besides sustainable elements, the building will implement state-of-the-art building technology and systems to ensure it operates as efficiently as possible.
Foster + Partners also noted that the tower will offer 50 percent more communal spaces and 25 percent more volume of space per person – giving more choices in where and how to work.
Project: 270 Park Avenue
Architect: Foster + Partners
Designer Team: Norman Foster, Nigel Dancey, David Summerfield, Kirsten Scott, Mike Jelliffe, Jeremy Dworken, Justin Boyer, William Gordon, Nicola Scaranaro, Annamaria Anderloni, Maro Riga, Mayoor Javeri Jagjiwan, Daniel Martinez, Patrick Delahoy, Esma Karkukli, Sergio Gomez, Javier Gonzalez Adalid, Kris Gratze, Pepe Pozo, Christopher Ireland, Wenwen Wang, Jorge Periera, David Rodrigues, Carolina Romero, Byungkyun Kim, Elena Petrova, Troy Zezula, Ashwin Lakhani, Daniel van der Poll, Thomas Tumelty, and Alejandro Guerrero Neira.
Architect of Record: Adamson Associates Architects
Development Advisers: Tishman Speyer
Design Collaborator: Vishaan Chakrabarti
Structural Engineer: Foster + Partners Engineering Team (Competition Concept) Severud (Design and Engineer of Record)
MEP Engineers: JBB
Sustainability: Foster + Partners (Competition Concept) Socotec
Landscape Consultant: Ken Smith Workshop
Lighting Designer: Tillotson Design Associates
Photographers: dbox / Foster + Partners
