"The redevelopment of the site aims to integrate a mix of affordable housing for New Yorkers, new retail space for residents and visitors, and opportunities to expand the Whitney Museum of American Art and the High Line. The Request for Proposals outlined a vision for up to 600 units of mixed-income housing, with a goal of 50 percent of the total units being permanently affordable, along with ground-floor commercial space."
"Powerhouse Company's proposal seeks to deliver an abundance of affordable housing in one of New York City's most desirable neighborhoods. The project envisions a slender, all-electric, low-carbon residential tower composed of 50 percent affordable and 50 percent market-rate homes, evenly distributed from base to top. In doing so, it transforms a familiar New York typology, the skyscraper, into a tool for deliberate urban equity."
"The studio points out that residential high-rises in New York have become synonymous with luxury and ultra-luxury living, particularly in the form of "supertalls." According to Nanne de Ru, Founder of Powerhouse Company and co-founder of RED Company, "Manhattan has added plenty of skyline since 2008, but far too little affordable rental housing, especially in this area. Building tall here can stay elegant while widening who gets to live in the city.""
Gansevoort Square is a 66,000-square-foot site on Little West 12th Street in Manhattan's Meatpacking District. Redevelopment plans aim to combine affordable housing, ground-floor retail, and space to support expansion of the Whitney Museum and the High Line. A Request for Proposals envisioned up to 600 mixed-income units with a 50 percent permanent affordability target. Powerhouse Company proposed a supertall tower with 1,000 rental homes—half permanently affordable and half market-rate—intermixed evenly from base to top. The tower is conceived as a slender, all-electric, low-carbon residential building intended to broaden access to desirable neighborhood housing under the slogan "Supertall for All."
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