Case Study

Case Study: The Visionaire New York City

Envisioning Green: A high-rise apartment building in lower Manhattan tests the boundaries of urban sustainability by using a five-point guideline system to set realistic goals.

By Aleksandr Bierig

A 35-story apartment building in lower Manhattan isn’t the most obvious place for sustainable architecture. But the Visionaire, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli isn’t on normal terrain—it’s in Battery Park City, a rare example of thoroughly executed American planning. Due to that planning process, a seemingly typical apartment building became a testing ground for urban green architecture.

Published November 16, 2009

(2009, November 16). Case Study: The Visionaire New York City. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/case-study/case-study-visionaire-new-york-city