Nyc Staircase Sculpture

The vessel this month.

Nyc staircase sculpture. Named vessel the giant sculpture was unveiled today by heatherwick and new york mayor bill de blasio as the centrepiece to a grand new public space in the under construction neighbourhood. Drone video shows new staircase sculpture in nyc associated press. This interactive artwork was imagined by thomas heatherwick and heatherwick studio as a focal point where people can enjoy new perspectives of the city and one another from different heights angles and vantage points. 2500 individual steps and 80 landings spread out across 154 interconnecting flights of circular staircases that.

The copper clad steps arranged like a jungle gym and modeled after. Unsubscribe from associated press. A climbable sculpture made of interlocking staircases called vessel opens to the public friday. And as it is such a grand project.

New yorks hudson yards to feature 16 story staircase sculpture. The 16 story staircase sculpture called vessel will cost around 150 million the telegraph reports. Hudson yards a project focusing on the redevelopment of an industrial area on manhattans west side is new york citys largest development since rockefeller center was built in the 1930s. The hudson yards website has dubbed the structure new yorks staircase which is comprised of 154 intricately interconnecting flights of stairs.

Hudson yards nycs newest neighborhood opened a year ago. The inside of its vessel sculpture was way cooler than any exterior photo could show. In fact the scalable sculpture provisionally dubbed vessel is all stairs. Vessel is a 16 story 150 foot tall 46 m structure of connected staircases between the buildings of hudson yards located in the 5 acre 20 ha hudson yards public square.