with a narrow base rising to a more expansive top. Basically, could 100 Norfolk be oriented upside down?
Leveraging its masterful command of zoning laws- including those pertaining to the transfer of available air rights- ODA looked to a neighboring property for the answer. Or, more accurately, ODA looked above it, where the firm identified 11,000 square feet of unused air space ripe for construction. In order to harness that space within height limitations, they opted to invoke a dramatic series of cantilevers. Instead of simply reaching upward, Norfolk also extends sideways, broadening progressively outward every two floors above the sixth.
That horizontal( in addition to vertical) growth at its upper half yields the“ upside down” distribution that ODA was after a narrow base ascending to an expansive top- and renders Norfolk an infill project that performs more like a corner property: with more units situated towards the top, enjoying suffusive sunlight and enviable views. Unlike the more traditional, penthousetopped model, in Norfolk, these benefits are democratized, enjoyed by the majority of tenants.
Those elements are enhanced by an ample glass curtainwall, which interfaces with Bernard Tschumi’ s nearby building, and facilitated by structural trusses that support the building’ s bold cantilever. Leaving the trusses deliberately exposed serves as a visible celebration of the project’ s game changing morphology.
LEVERAGING ITS MASTERFUL COMMAND OF ZONING LAWS- INCLUDING THOSE PERTAINING TO THE TRANSFER OF AVAILABLE AIR RIGHTS- ODA LOOKED TO A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY FOR THE ANSWER.
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