SOM设计的纽约中央车站方案

纽约艺术协会邀请建筑师们重新考虑百年历史的纽约中央车站内部及周边的情况。福斯特提出的方案简单的用增加容纳能力的方法来改进现有车站，而SOM则建议在两侧的高层中间增加一个悬浮在车站之上的观景台，可以沿着两侧高层建筑上下移动。SOM认为这个悬浮的观景台将会成为当地的标志性景观，提高建筑周围公共空间的品质，并且具有360度的全景视野能够观赏整个城市。

SOM合伙人罗杰•达菲说：纽约历史上，城市的发展一直是与伟大的建筑形态相匹配的。这个甜甜圈形状的构筑物将会与两边的新高层建筑相连，这样的设计符合目前纽约城市规划部门的新方案——将这里规划为商业区。SOM、Foster + Partners和WXY Architecture都于上周在纽约MAS峰会上公布了他们的方案。

建筑设计：SOM

项目地址：美国 纽约
英文名称：SOM proposes floating observation deck over Grand Central Terminal

News: while Foster + Partners think simply increasing capacity is the way to improve New York’s Grand Central Terminal, architecture firm SOM has proposed adding a floating observation deck that slides up and down the sides of two new skyscrapers.The moving deck is one of several public realm strategies that the firm is promoting for the 100-year-old station, following an invitation from the Municipal Art Society of New York to re-think the spaces in and around the building.SOM suggests that the hovering deck would improve the quality of the public space around the building by offering an “iconic landmark” with a 360-degree panorama of the city skyline.“Throughout the history of New York City, urban growth has been matched by grand civic gestures,” said SOM partner Roger Duffy.The doughnut-shaped structure would be attached to the sides of two new office towers, which would fit in with the current rezoning proposals of the New York City planning department, designating it as a commercial area.SOM and Foster + Partners both presented their proposals last week at the third annual MAS Summit for New York City, alongside American firm WXY Architecture.