50 W 66TH STREET
Crown Steel Design and Coordination
Design and facilitate engineering for crown back up steel with respect to the panelization/cladding.
DETAILS
The cladding is made up of approximately 1,650 unique stone panels arrayed in an irregular module covering around 15,000 sf at the south, west, and north side of the tower.
Deliverables
Shop Drawings and Fabrication Drawings. Note that project was put on hold due to public complaints of the tower height. Our scope, though developed remained incomplete as a result.
Workflow
This Project was modeled with CATIA using custom tools to automate design models and drawings.
Employer
Thelen Design Group
Role
Project Designer, Project Manager, Computational Designer
Design Team
Snohetta
SLCE Architects
Collaborators
Lauf's Engineering Design
Additional Notes
This project was paused during construction as a result of neighborhood opposition. In that time Thelen Design Group went into a hiatus, pausing all operations. Lauf’s Engineering completed the project work.