Mancini-Duffy applies its trade to the Seagram space.Interior architecture firm Mancini.Duffy is completing design work on the new New York New New York is the name of three futuristic cities modelled on New York City:
High-rise office building in New York City (1958). Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson, this sleek Park Avenue skyscraper is a pure example of a rectilinear prism sheathed in glass and bronze; it took the International Style to its zenith. at 375 Park Ave. "Any project involving a landmark is challenging," says Anthony Schirripa, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Mancini-Duffy. "But incorporating the requirements of a 21st-century securities firm into one of New York's great icons of mid-20th-century architecture was an especially delicate process. And we wanted to respect the integrity of the building's design." Because of the building's transparency, any interior element visible from the outside must meet the Landmarks Commission's stringent standards. Among these is the retention or identical replacement of the distinctive luminous ceilings, which had to be removed to install the ductwork duct·work n. A group or system of ducts: installed new ductwork in the building. for Wachovia's extensive stand-alone air-conditioning system. Mancini-Duffy's designers developed a plan to limit the extent of the replacement at a very significant savings to their client, and to ensure that the ceiling will look uniform and new. Significant restrictions on alterations to the lobby have also challenged the designers' ingenuity. For the 53rd Street entrance, which will become Wachovia's entrance, Mancini.Duffy has designed one of two reception desks - the other located in the Park Avenue lobby - to match Philip Johnson's original. Johnson himself, shortly before his recent death, was asked by the building's owner to review and approve Mancini.Duffy's drawings and proposed location for the desk, as well as proposed signage. The low slab-to-slab heights were a particular concern for the client in the design of the trading floors. Mancini.Duffy was able to limit the height of the raised floors as a result of Wachovia's decision to implement blade server technology in "super IDF (Intermediate Distribution Frame) A wiring rack located between the MDF (main distribution frame) and the intended end user devices (telephones, routers, PCs, etc.). Cables run from the outside world to the MDF and then to the IDFs. See MDF and wiring rack. " rooms, which serves to centralize most of the heat load. When construction, begun in April 2005, is completed in the fourth quarter of 2005, Wachovia's New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of corporate and investment banking headquarters will include the trading floors, customer conference center, which will make use of terrace setbacks on the fifth floor, and floors housing such other functions as investment research, equity and debt origination, sales and trading and investment banking. To meet the extraordinary requirements for 24/7 emergency power and cooling, Mancini.Duffy is installing two new generators, one on the mechanical floor, the other on the roof, and three roof-top chillers. Landmarks approval of those installations required that the architects create a detailed mock-up mock·up also mock-up n. 1. A usually full-sized scale model of a structure, used for demonstration, study, or testing. 2. A layout of printed matter. , to ensure that no equipment would be visible from street-level. |
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