Print Email Facebook Twitter Mediatheque in Manhattan: From high density of skyscrapers Title Mediatheque in Manhattan: From high density of skyscrapers Author Kim, T.Y. Contributor Schoonderbeek, M. (mentor) Lee, S. (mentor) Engels, J. (mentor) Faculty Architecture Department Architecure Programme Public Building : Border Conditons Date 2008-11-03 Abstract On the grid of Manhattan, a lot of skyscrapers had competitively built before 1916 New York Zoning Law was established and it made possible 'culture of congestion' which speaks for today's Manhattan. Manhattan has no choice but the skyward extrusion of the Grid itself. Nowadays, the inside area of skyscrapers is extremly expanded to gain the maximum profit toward the large-scale investment in real estate which pursues the effect of size; the outside is standardized by the legal restriction. The flexibility of the shape of buildings decreases and it is gradually getting uniform in the shape of maximum density. Subject MediathequeSkyscraperDensity To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6050accf-9600-44ed-a171-e34796c1f227 Embargo date 2010-10-23 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2008 Kim, T.Y. Files PDF 081103-Taeyun_KIM_P5.pdf 15.62 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:6050accf-9600-44ed-a171-e34796c1f227/datastream/OBJ/view