Dillinger heavy plate for
the New Yorker skyscraper
30 Hudson Yards
A new district of New York built on and with Dillinger steel
A new land of urban innovation: Smart, economical and sustainable
A 1.2 million square meter “green” space in the heart of Manhattan. This is the monumental project, called Hudson Yards, that has emerged from the ground in New York in recent years along the Hudson River, between 34th Street and 30th Street, a few blocks from the Empire State building. It consists of office skyscrapers, hotels, residential spaces, shopping centres, restaurants and a huge public park.
No height record for this set of skyscrapers, but technological innovations abound: the complex has its own waste treatment system, rainwater recovery, a heating-cooling system, its power station against power cuts, automatic underground doors to protect sensitive equipment from rising water levels due to global warming. The owners explain that the site’s energy production facilities and sustainable design elements will improve energy efficiency by approximately 30 % compared to the average of other buildings in New York City.
On the southwest corner of this new eco-district, a tower, named 30 Hudson Yards, attracts particular attention not only because of its spectacular trapezoidal architecture but also because of its hangered outdoor observation deck dubbed “The Edge” which cantilevers 20 m (65 ft) out from the building 1,100 ft above grade. At its tip, which is reminiscent of a bird’s bill, a glass floor literally allows one to walk on New York. It’s the highest public outdoor observation space in the Western hemisphere. Topping out at 395 m (1,296 ft) 30 Hudson Yards is taller than the Empire State Building and currently the second tallest office building in New York.
For this graceful glass-and-steel building, Dillinger supplied more than 14,400 t of heavy plate in thicknesses ranging from 105.6 to 203.2 mm.
A technical challenge
More than the size of this new district, it is its location that makes it a real architectural feat. Indeed, it does not rest on land. It is entirely built on two giant slabs, laid over an active railway yard. About thirty tracks are covered, at the very place where the trains carrying thousands of commuters from New Jersey travel every day. As a result, a not very pretty and unoptimized space has been transformed into a large living space.
So far other 12,400 t of Dillinger heavy plate in thicknesses ranging from 50.8 to 203.2 mm were used in this gigantic project “Hudson Yards”.
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Timm Condé
Category Manager Sales, Steel Construction
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Natalie Federmeyer
Head of Sales Department, Wind Power & Construction
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Dr. Tobias Lehnert
Head of Marketing & Technical Support, Wind Power & Construction
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