The challenge of Tomorrow entry by Duy Phan

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Imagine the concept will be built (Yay!!) and would have to complete by 2040. If we break the 20 years period into 4, we could have a moment every 5 years to capture each milestone for the project.

From one to four, these images, namely: the gallery, the construct, the deadline and the awaken, will lead you by 5 years-step to each future stage of an imaginable-process in order to give birth the ARM concept.

From the very first time of publishing initial ideas of the design, to the middle of the construction process, then the big-deadline-night when the last puzzle is assembled until the early morning that opening-sign is used to welcome its very first explorers!

I hope you will enjoy the journey as I did and I look forward to the near future, even the physical structure won’t exist, the message of a better day is still worth spreading.

You and I, we might not be sure about how the far future could look like, but I do believe that in the next 20 years or so, what humanity really need is connections, physically and mentally.

As in the meantime, we are being separated from each other for a global health crisis; unintentionally, we have to widen the distance between our loved ones and us. And when I say loved ones it does cover not only the persons that you want to meet but the things that you enjoy to do. So I guess soon we will get through this and rising again, but the question is How do we fill in the gap that we will be facing? Do we really need to push our buildings higher or bigger in the coming years? What could become a linking factor that fills the void between towers and towers, windows and windows, eyes and eyes?

The proposal for my entry is “the ARM”.

If we take Hudson Yards as a frontline in terms of recovering post-crisis problems, we could see the Edge (10 & 30 Hudson Yards), the Equinox ( 15 Hudson Yards), the 35, the 55 and the 50 Hudson Yards proudly stand beside each other, but without a connection between their massive structure. On the city skyline, visually “the ARM” will unite all these giants as they are hugging each other and, physically mirroring the city’s famous “High-line” from the bottom to the top of those towers, closing the loop of urban connection network where it usually ends when we reach to the roof level.

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Thank you!
Very best wishes to all of us!

Duy Phan

The challenge of Tomorrow entry by Duy Phan

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The ARM – Work Update May 9th

‘The visual of the not actual physical built structure, but it’s communication method.’
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Hi guys, Have you ever been in the SHED NYC before?
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I wonder if there will be a new iconic addition to Hudson Yards, which could be a better place to introduce the development design to the public than the SHED_the Bloomberg building’s public gallery!
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“The Shed commissions original works of art, across all disciplines, for all audiences. We bring together established and emerging artists in fields ranging from hip hop to classical music, painting to digital media, theatre to literature, and sculpture to dance.”
theshed.org/about
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Imagine the year 2030, when Related Group decides to share the new vision for Hudson Yards with the ARM Skyline. Having a strong cultural and artistic community connection, the SHED would be a perfect spot to host the exhibition to propose a new landmark to New Yorkers and visitors.
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Since the competition gives us the chance to have an actual design and to tell a story about the ideas behind that through visual connection, considering how to structure a story around the ARM idea, I divide it into chapters. And what you are looking at is chapter One_The ARM 2030, before any brick is built and visual memory is what the project uses to convey its message.
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From many sources including Diller Scofidio + Renfro public work, Related Group page and online architecture archives such as Archdaily and Dezeen, I collected images that show the interior space of the SHED gallery for a reference to rebuilding the design in 3D for this virtual exhibition.
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There will be two chapters to continue.
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Can you guess which phases of the project development the chapters can be placed to unfold the future-history of the ARM?
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Thank you for reading, and it’s always much welcome to hear your thoughts about the work’s update!
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Warm Regards,
Duy Phan

The challenge of Tomorrow entry by Duy Phan

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The ARM Work in process – May 6th

Hi guys,

It has been a while since the last update for this proposal. I hope you are all doing great and be safe the whole time!

From the last post, I simplified the design for the ARM concept. Founding it would be much stronger in terms of illustrating the linking characteristic yet also less interruptive with the surrounding design languages.

Going through multiple experiments and camera angle tests, I ended up with this one for the first in three final images. Looking down from the top of 30 Hudson Yards tower, vividly highlighting the ARM spanning from one to another building along with exposing user activities within, which I am working out until the final. Besides, There are various building structures and context details I have to add in the weeks to come.

At the moment, I am trying to use different colour schemes for this frame. Attached with the update you will see two of them, I am still very much on the fence so far so please let me know which one would you prefer?

It would be much welcome to hear your opinion about anything!
Thank you for reading and catch you guys soon with another update.

Best Regards,
Duy Phan

The challenge of Tomorrow entry by Duy Phan

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In between the GAP – update April 04th

Hi guys, I hope you are all doing great! Another week of self-quarantine and we have another work update. It starts to seem like the timing for our competition is quite perfect for one-man-band working during this time, isn’t it!

Please read the update description in the comment section below as I would like to represent the meaning behind every image which can only be done in the comment post. Sorry for this inconvenience and thank you for visiting!

All the best,
Duy Phan

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UPDATE – March 20

With the concept of the ARM in mind, I developed it’s massing accordingly to the master plan of Hudson Yards from our brief resources.

_Through the rough sketches, I would like to have the mass as simply as possible so it could strengthen the initial concept without any spare additional “legs”._

_Also, By sketching on the master plan, I see that vertically there is need to have a connection between the ARM and the VESSEL underneath. This should be noticed and developed further in the next stage._

_At first, I think the materiality for the ARM could be covered by 100% transparent glass, then I came up with the idea of divide the skin of the ARM structure into multiple parts where it will be opaque glass, this gives the skywalkers a feeling of resting and framing the view better rather than distracting by spinning around._

_I collected a few photos of what helps me form an understanding of how sky bridges connections could be captures emotionally._

_Internal spaces are put on my list of potential views I could end up having at least one in order to explain how it will look like from the inside, and these pictures evoke a lot more ideas for me at this stage:_

_And having some part of the structure opening out to the sky:_

_Finally, I put together the atmospheric images I saved long time ago which reminds me of interesting compositions, colour palettes, lighting conditions and camera angles that I can study and learn from._

Image credit (Not in order) : Alex Hogrefe, alisonbrooksarchitects, andrew whitmore, christopher burns, aron-van-de-pol, janurschel, henninglarsenarchitects, powerhousecompany, rafal-naczynski, tim-mossholder, ryan-johnston.

Thank you for visiting the post,
C&C is very much welcome!

Duy Phan

The challenge of Tomorrow entry by Duy Phan

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[RB: Main Image updated to reflect current progress…]

Hi everyone, I am Duy Phan, Melbourne based arch student currently doing my M.Arch course in Australia. Wish all participants the best luck, and hopefully, we will have a lot of fun during the competition.

Below is my first composition test for the concept of “In between the GAP”.

I and you, we might not be sure about how the far future could look like, but I do believe that in the next 20 years or so, what humanity really needs is connections, physically and mentally.

As in the meantime, we are being separated from each other for a global health crisis; unintentionally, we have to widen the distance between our loved ones and us. And when I say loved ones it does cover not only the persons that you want to meet but the things that you enjoy doing. So I guess soon we will get through this and rising again, but the question is How do we fill in the gap that we will be facing? Do we really need to push our buildings higher or bigger in the coming years? What could become a linking factor that fills the void between towers and towers, windows and windows, eyes and eyes?

The rough proposal for my entry is “the ARM”.

If we take Hudson Yards as a frontline in terms of recovering post-crisis problems, we could see the Edge, the Equinox, the 15, the 55 Hudson Yards proudly stand beside each other, but without a connection between their massive structure. On the city skyline, visually “the ARM” will unite all these giants as they are hugging each other and, physically mirroring the city’s famous “High-line” from the bottom to the top of those towers, closing the loop of urban connection network where it usually ends when we reach to the roof level.