New Cities/New Soviets

September 15, 2004

New Construction II


construction on the christy avalon I

Two of the huge new construciton projects in the neighborhood, the Astor Place Building and the Chrystie Avalon, are using a new construction method, based on concrete casted in wooden forms.


Here's the Times:

Technological advances to strenghten concrete are also changing the interiors of new high-rise buildings in New York. "You can make the columns that are holding up the building thinner, which gives you more rentable space," said Carl Adler, vice president for sales at Quadrozzi Concrete in Queens. Mr. Adler's company provided the concrete for the new Time Warner Center on Columbus Circle.

Also from the article, describing a technique used to make translucent concrete, (which offers an effect similar to a paper shade):

The wall is made of a new material called LiTraCon that is embedded with fiberoptics, which allow light to be transmitted through the solid without compromising the strength of the material.
Posted by Sam at September 15, 2004 04:28 AM

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