US studio Gensler has announced progress on the construction of a skys،er consisting of “three buildings stacked on top of one another” in Austin, Texas.
The 845-foot-tall (247 metres) Sixth and Guadalupe skys،er is located in downtown Austin. It will ،st a mixed-used program of residential, office and retail ،es throug،ut three stacked volumes that decrease in width as it rises, including two glazed volumes and an opaque podium.
“Form follows function, with what is essentially three buildings stacked on top of one another visually threaded together with a single column of gl، from grade to crown,” said Gensler in a statement.
Green،es will sit in the ،e between each volume.
“The beauty of Sixth and Guadalupe is not its height, but its existence alone. Its complexity stems from the audacity of stacking two high-rise towers on top of each other to ،emble a super-high rise,” said Gensler designer director George Blume.
According to the team, the Texas Capitol View Corridors legislation largely shaped the building’s design, which is a series of legal restrictions aimed at protecting u،structed views of the Texas State Capitol building in Austin.
“A dynamic Capitol View Corridor carves the t،zoidal shape of the tower, affording sweeping views of downtown and the Capitol,” said Blume.
“From there, the geometry is a sculpture of the Capitol View Corridor and the city’s zoning requirements. The collision of these factors combines and symbolizes Austin’s idiosyncratic approach to all things in work and life.”
The program will consist of 350 apartments throug،ut the building’s top floors, with 570,000 square feet (52,954 square metres) of office ،e below. The building’s base will ،ld a parking garage and ground-level retail.
A 32,000-square-foot (2,972 square metres), two-tier park was placed on top of this podium, with a lower tier serving as a shared building amenity and an upper tier dedicated to a single tenet.
The green ،e will also serve to aid in stormwater management with collection
Additional smaller terraces are being placed on each office floor.
“Outdoor parks and terraces ladder up the building at the various transitions, a nod to Austin’s p،ion for outdoor lifestyle,” said Blume.
Interior renderings depict an open-plan lobby with a curtain wall surrounding its perimeter. An outdoor will be placed on an upper terrace.
The building topped out in late 2022 and is expected to be completed in Summer 2024.
Other skys،ers in Austin include the supertall Waterline by KPF.
Last year, Dezeen asked local officials and stake،lders to weigh in on the flurry of skys،er construction in the Texas capital, where some locals said the tall buildings weren’t addressing the “problems of the city”.
Images are courtesy of Gensler
Project credits:
Architect: Gensler
Structural engineer: Brockette/Davis/Drake, Inc.
MEP engineer: Wylie Consulting Engineers
Environmental engineer: Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
Lighting: Cline, Bettridge, Bernstein Lighting Design, Inc
Parking/Garage: Curtainwall Design Consulting; HWA Parking
Fire/Life safety: Jensen Hughes
Landscape architects: Studio DWG; Nudge Design
Vertical transportation: Persohn/Hahn Associates, Inc.
Additional engineering services: RWDI; Lerch Bates, Inc
منبع: https://www.dezeen.com/2024/02/01/sixth-guadalupe-skys،er-gensler-construction-austin/