What do you do when your skyscraper blocks out the sun and casts a huge shadow on the park below?
Architects Studio Gang have come up with an innovative solution—using a technique called “solar carving”, Studio Gang designed a slanted skyscraper that does not block the sun’s rays.
Situated between the Hudson River and Manhattan’s elevated park, the High Line, the ‘Solar Carve Tower’ will be “sculpted based on geometric relationships between the building and the sun’s path, as well as the viewshed between the park and the Hudson.”
This will benefit the park by allowing “maximum light, fresh air and river views” to reach the ‘High Line’.
[Studio Gang, via Gizmodo]