Stuttgart, Germany architecture student Christian Hahn is dreaming of America with his “Use Arrangement” eVolo 2010 Skyscraper Competition entry, which envisions a lively tower for the tip of Manhattan near Battery Park.

To honor the constant flow of traffic, both human and automobile in New York City, Hahn has designed the building to accommodate pedestrian traffic; he seeks the lively flow of people in the building’s core so that it feels “alive.”

The structure itself is a series of thick geometrical shapes arranged into a cohesive tall tower; each individual honeycomb is a “parcel” with several horizontal slats as floors that can hold different units. The massive tower has enough space to essentially act as its own city, with parcels being used as residences, offices, parks, retail space. The building will even house a police station, a fire station and a school.

Between the geometric shapes are vertical, angular streets that provide connection between the different floor plates. In designing the building, Hahn discovered that in designing “streets” for the structure, a series of hexagons provided the best flow; therefore, the building’s individual parcels are all roughly hexagonal in shape.

In housing a diverse range of uses, and inviting the traffic of Manhattan’s pedestrians, Hahn has designed a skyscraper that honors and supports the site where it will sit, rather than drain it.

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