300 New Jersey’s Yellow “Tree”
19 06 2008When we first saw the giant yellow framework (pictured) going up on the new 300 New Jersey Ave project by Architect Richard Rogers we thought it was scaffolding. However on closer examination we noticed it wasn’t really attached to anything so it couldn’t be scaffolding or even structural support. Luckily we were able to get our hands on the Architectural renderings and solved the mystery…
The yellow “tree” as described by the architect is the support for a huge glass atrium which will connect the older Acacia building on the left with the new glass office space on the right. The atrium will be topped by a triangle flying glass roof which will rise above the current 10 story buildings in the area and change the skyline.
Those stairs you can see are not temporary and will serve as a central exposed staircase connecting every floor of the old building with the new. It’s definitely an imaginative atrium design though ten flights of stairs is not very practical and most people will probably take the elevator. [Photo: DCMetrocentric]
Follow the jump to see what the super cool atrium will look like…
People actually use stairs to go up a flight or down two or more. So, likely the stairs will get some use.
In addition, the building on the left looks to have less stories (due to higher ceilings in the old building, probably), so the stairs are probably necessary where the two buildings don’t exactly line up.
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