Atlantic Yards B2 Tower
There is steady progress at the site of the future world's tallest modular tower. According to ESD and Forest City Ratner, 246 modules out of approximately 960 have been delivered and installed to date. The 32 story tower is composed of three main volumes, each with their own unique facade articulation. The red and grey paneled volume along Flatbush Avenue has approximately reached its half way mark in height, while the second volume of light grey panels along Dean Street has seen the installation of 4 out of 18 floors of modules. The third volume of the tower will rise above the lower two. When completed, the 346,000 square foot tower will bring 363 rental apartments to the area, half of which will fall under the affordable housing program.
The west facade of the Barclays Center (left) and the B2 tower (right) on Flatbush Avenue.
Detail of the corner facade at Flatbush Avenue and the Barclays Center arena.
Detail of the Flatbush Avenue facade.
The corner of Flatbush Avenue and Dean Street.
The Dean Street facade.
Detail of the Dean Street facade.
Corner detail of the Dean Street facade.
The corner of the Dean Street facade.
Looking west along Dean Street.
Architects: SHoP Architects; Developers: Forest City Ratner; Program: Residential; Location: Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2015.
Atlantic Yards B2 Tower
Installation of prefab units has resumed onsite at the Atlantic Yards B2 tower, after a month long installation stoppage. Currently, unit installation has progressed to the eighth floor of the 32-story building. Projected completion of the tower has been recently pushed back to the latter half of 2015 as installation of prefab units has proceeded at a much slower pace than originally promised.
Looking east along Dean Street.
Looking north along Dean Street.
A Dean Street module lifted for installation.
Installation of a Dean Street module.
Looking west at the corner of Dean Street and 6th Avenue.
The seventh floor has introduced a new module type of light grey, perforated metal panel amongst the black metal panel modules below.
A new module type on the seventh floor facing 6th Avenue.
Module detail.
Looking south along 6th Avenue.
Module delivered to the site.
Preparing to lift a module for installation.
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Architects: SHoP Architects; Developers: Forest City Ratner; Program: Residential; Location: Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2015.
Atlantic Yards B2 Tower
Architects: SHoP Architects; Program: Residential; Location: New York, NY; Completion: 2014.
Modular units have now reached the fifth floor of SHoP Architects' first tower of the Atlantic Yards project. The pace appears to be about a floor every two weeks which would mean there are 13.5 remaining months in this 32 story tower. I suspect the pace will quicken as experience with installation grows. With the fifth floor you can start to read a color shift in the window unit frames from white to black on the southwest corner volume. According to the project renderings, the next floor will introduce a lighter toned third wall type to the tower on the northeastern side.