OMA's New York office has revealed the design for its first project in Brooklyn: a pair of residential towers shaped like "a ziggurat and its inverse".
OMA's towers form part of the new Greenpoint Landing development in Greenpoint ? a Brooklyn neighbourhood located just north of the better-known Williamsburg.
Formerly an industrial area, the area is increasingly becoming a popular hub for eateries, bars and cafes.
The Greenpoint Landing scheme, which is the brainchild of developers Brookfield Properties and Park Tower Group, focuses on extending the northern parcel at Eagle Street and Dupont Street, and forms part of the area's transformation.
The project involves updating the curved waterfront into a series of blocks, following a masterplan developed by local firm Handel Architects. Towers are "calibrated to one another"
Led by OMA partner Jason Long, the New York office's project focuses on the Block D portion, and features two rental housing towers of different heights.
The taller tower has a stepped underside so that it widens towards the top, while its shorter partner staggers inwards. Rising side by side, the structures look as if they could have been one volume that was broken in two.
"We have designed two towers ? a ziggurat and its inverse ? carefully calibrated to one another," said Long in a project statement.
The gap between the two towers is intended to maintain views of Manhattan across the East River
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