One Hundred in St. Louis, Missouri by Studio Gang

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Studio Gang announces their design for One Hundred, a new tower at 100 North Kingshighway Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri, for Mac Properties. The design, which will be unveiled in a public meeting in St. Louis on Monday, December 12, proposes an architecturally significant apartment tower at the northeast corner of Kingshighway Boulevard and West Pine Boulevard in the Central West End neighborhood.

“The Central West End is an extraordinary, architecturally rich neighborhood that has evolved over many decades,” said Eli Ungar, Founder of Mac Properties. “In planning a development for this exceptional site, we selected Studio Gang for their commitment to thoughtful, sustainable development and to a design that both honors the history of a community and contributes to its continued evolution.”

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• Architects: Studio Gang
• Project: One Hundred
• Location: 100 North Kingshighway Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
• Client: Mac Properties
• Engineering Team: Structural Engineering, MKA; MEP/FP Engineering, dbHMS
• Sustainability: Targeting LEED Certification
• Residential tower: 305 apartments / 36 stories / 385 ft in height
• Size: 540,369 sf, 315,440 sf residential, 5-story podium including 882 sf retail, 6,756 sf amenity space, with 23,810 sf below-ground parking (355 parking spaces), and 8,817 sf green roof
• Status: Commissioned 2015, set to begin construction in 2017, anticipated completion 2019

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Situated on Forest Park in St. Louis, the residential tower proposed by Mac Properties is Studio Gang’s first project in St. Louis. One Hundred will rise just over 350 feet and include retail, amenities, parking, and residential apartments with views of the park to the west and the Gateway Arch to the east.

The apartments are specifically designed to connect people to these views. Each apartment features its own corner living room with double exposures that enhance the amount and quality of daylight within the units. The design’s faceted facade of sloped glazing captures views and improves energy performance.

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“In a climate with four distinct seasons, we wanted to make it possible for residents to enjoy the different views and natural changes in light over the course of the year,” said Jeanne Gang, founding principal of Studio Gang. “By experimenting with the geometry of the facade and refining the apartment layouts, we were able to make every apartment into a corner unit perched above the park and city.”

Tiers of four stories each repeat over the height of the tower, with the angles of the facade creating generous outdoor spaces on top of each tier that provide terraces for a quarter of the apartments, as well as shared social space and amenities for the resident community atop the green roof podium. The design of the building also provides for a generous streetscape adjacent to the park enlivened by retail, strengthening connections between the Central West End district and Forest Park and enhancing the urban fabric of the city.

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Working with the opportunities provided by the site orientation and environmental forces, the building’s leaf-shaped plan and tiered massing maximize its performance, reducing overall energy load and increasing occupant comfort. Multiple green roofs collect and store rain water for irrigation and reduce storm water runoff. Expected to break ground next year, One Hundred is scheduled for completion in 2019.

The public meeting will take place on Monday, December 12, at 7,pm at the St. Louis Public Library (Central West End, 225 N Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63108) and will include a presentation of the design by Studio Gang. All are welcome to attend.

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About Studio Gang

Founded by MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang is an architecture and urbanism collective based in Chicago and New York. Known for creating innovative buildings that enhance the public space around them, Studio Gang has produced such award-winning projects as Aqua Tower, the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, and the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. The Studio is currently designing towers in Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and Amsterdam. In addition, Studio Gang is currently engaged in cultural and educational projects across the Americas, from the new United States Embassy in Brazil to the expansion of the American Museum of Natural History in New York and a consolidated campus for the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. One Hundred will be Studio Gang’s first project in St. Louis and fifth project for Mac Properties, following two historic renovations and two ground-up residential towers in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood.

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About Mac Properties

Mac Properties is a private real estate company focused on the acquisition, development, and redevelopment of apartment properties in select submarkets located throughout the United States including St. Louis’ Central West End, Chicago’s Hyde Park, and Midtown Kansas City. The company was founded in 2002, and today the portfolio consists of approximately 7,000 units and 400,000 square feet of commercial space. Mac Properties specializes in historic renovation of apartment housing and iconic ground-up development. www.macapartments.com

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Tags: Missouri, USA

Categories: Residential, Retail, Tower

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