HAP Investment Developers is pushing ahead with
its new Chelsea apartment development with a view to opening early next year.
The
company just announced the completion of the façade installation of Maverick,
also known as HAP 8, located at 215 and 225 West 28th Street in Chelsea.
DXA studio designed the faceted, pre-cast
concrete façade which carries a geometric pattern across the two 20-story
towers that make up Maverick. Comprising 264 separate panels made from custom
wood molds, the façade was poured over rebar and attached via a series of
embeds in the concrete superstructure.
The side-by-side towers of condominiums and
rental units will mirror one another, with the condo façade in white acid-etched
concrete and the rental façade in black acid-etched concrete. The concrete fabricator
is BPDL (Beton Prefabrique).
The towers total of 312,500 s/f and will feature 87 condominium residences and 112 rental units.
Almost all windows by AZA-INT are operable, and
Juliette balconies are included in most apartments. Setbacks on the building
were utilized to create private outdoor terraces. At the top two floors, the
building steps back, but the concrete facade continues, creating semi-enclosed
loggia for the penthouse apartments.
“The heart and soul of these buildings are the
southern elevation, and their rare access to unobstructed southern exposure
above the Fashion Institute of Technology,” said Jordan Rogove, partner and
cofounder of DXA studio. “To see our initial idea of a dynamic geometric
facade come to life, and to see it changing minute to minute as the sun crosses
the sky, is so exciting!”
“We were thrilled with the design DXA studio created
for us on the façade. Seeing it come to life is beyond what we could have
imagined,” said Eran Polack, CEO-NY & Co-Founder of HAP Investment
Developers. “We are excited to be another step closer to completion in this
project.”
The two buildings will share amenities
including a parking facility, a 60-foot long swimming pool, gym, sauna, steam
room, kid’s playroom, yoga room, roof deck with smart grill and pizza over, storage
and bicycle parking.
Construction is expected to be completed in
early 2021.
