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'Construct in between the gap' illustrated by Duy Phan

We might not be sure about how the far future could look like, but I believe that in the next 20 years or so, what humanity needs are connections, both physically and mentally.

I the meantime, we are being separated from each other due to a global health crisis. Unintentionally, we have to widen the distance between our loved ones and us. And when I say loved ones it covers not only the persons you want to meet but also the things 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 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 designed proposal is named as “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, “the ARM” will visually 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. Thus, closing the loop of urban connection network where it usually ends when we reach to the roof level.

A sudden shower came in mid-May’s afternoon 2030. Get-off work crazy traffic condition underneath gives time-frame for the story. While everyone hurried on the way home, the ARM construction still took place to ensure the completion of the project. A few final rays of red sunlight slipped through the dark clouds pouring into the building, highlighting typical steam of the world’s busiest city flowing around the additional structure.

The viewing angle shows the vertical linkage from the ARM, the Edge/30 Hudson Yards and the 10th Avenue when viewed from above yet a hint of the horizontal across the link between 30 and 50 Hudson Yards. Such connection will break the air boundary and unite their universal residents among seven-towers.