One Thousand Museum, first-and-only residential tower designed by the late Zaha Hadid in the Western Hemisphere, makes its debut in Miami's Museum Park this week.
The residential tower stands prominently alongside neighboring condo towers and other notable Miami structures like the Miami World Center and the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science. Standing at 709 feet (216 meters), the 62-story tower's design reminds us of Hadid's love for combing angles with curves, and of her penchant for elegantly crafting buildings of massive scale. Yet, rather than merely highlighting the laundry list of superlative stats embodied by the project, let's appreciate the structure's design by working our way from its exterior to its interior.
First, let's start with the structure. According to ZHA's project director Chris Lepine in an interview with Architect Magazine, "the structure - which appears as if it were eroded form a solid - reads from top to bottom as one continuous liquid frame. The tower represents a line of research in high-rise construction that explores a fluid architectural expression consistent with engineering for the entire height of the structure."
For those interested to learn about the structural precautions taken by the project's designers and engineers with regards to hurricanes and other natural disasters, Lepine explains: "While the architects have worked to express the structure and its beauty with al tall, slender tower, the structure itself is 'purposeful' in that it is rigid, stiff, and hurricane resistant. It's not a diagrid structure - but its curving lines allow a diagonal bracketing action."
Similar to the tower's exterior, the interior space provides an immersive feeling of lavishness. From the column-free floor plates to the never-ending supply of curves and fluid lines, the design of the interiors of One Thousand Museum is considered a major selling point for the luxury project.
A project seven years in the making, the long-anticipated luxury residential tower has a stunning look, but will that be enough to fill units?
A recent piece by Candace Taylor of The Wall Street Journal questions the tower's ability to sell remaining units despite its stellar design and the superstar architect affiliated with the project. According to Taylor, "the developer is trying to sell the building's remaining units amid a softening condo market and oversupply of a luxury product."
I like it, despite the butt-looking bottom. The curves to start to look like a one-liner after a while. But it is contextual while being more interesting than typical Miami condos. And not twisty for he sake of it (big) but as a part of the design.
Still not sure what is Zaha vs ZHA, gonna need a clear line at some point.
I like the facade. As far as ZHA projects go it's one of the more elegant. The interiors, as I said above, give off some major supervillain vibes.
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Looking forward to these interiors as a filming location for a near-future dystopian villain's dwelling.
This is not ZHA's first residential project in the USA. Their building on the High Line in NYC was completed first.
Thanks! A correction to the article has been made.
that is a cock
Goddamn that thing is fucking ugly.
I like the facade. As far as ZHA projects go it's one of the more elegant. The interiors, as I said above, give off some major supervillain vibes.
It looks like a Norman Foster tower ate a larger rodent-building.
Whats up with the base of the tower, looks weird. The tower itself looks very slick. As always, Zaha interiors rock (at least in the pictures)
I like it, despite the butt-looking bottom. The curves to start to look like a one-liner after a while. But it is contextual while being more interesting than typical Miami condos. And not twisty for he sake of it (big) but as a part of the design.
Still not sure what is Zaha vs ZHA, gonna need a clear line at some point.
All-in-all, I like it. Way better than what we're getting in Atlanta :(
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