The design is deeply rooted in the unique conditions of the site, sloping up and away from De Witt Clinton Park at a starting height of 86 feet along Eleventh Avenue, and climbing up to 328 feet at its peak. This transition successfully reconciles two distinctly different urban scales: the flat, horizontal plane of the waterfront park on the west, and the dense and predominantly vertical Manhattan grid to the east. Securing light and air for the great majority of apartments, the double-loaded corridor shifts diagonally across the site in a unique orientation to the Manhattan grid, reducing the building’s mass adjacent to the neighboring buildings.

Each floor steps up from the one below, allowing unobstructed views to the park and the Hudson River, and providing private roof terraces with green roofs on every floor. The building’s mirrored structure introduces the creation of two courtyards—a sun-bathed pool garden to the south and a shaded activities court to the north. Through the amenities at its perimeter, the building’s semi-public exterior spaces are activated throughout the day and night. With its slim profile of private units and terraces, as well as the fluid circulation to its active courtyards, the building connects directly to the urban fabric, immersing the individual and the collective within the city.