Axis Mundi's Alternative Design for MoMA Tower

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	Axis Mundi's Alternative Design for MoMA Tower
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7-20-2009 5:01 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2bf220e5-834e-435d-823d-b0a9fce0619c/F7BBBA16-6C01-4DD0-9C62-8C77C6B1937F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.greenmuze.com/build/design/1312-the-moma-tower-design.html" href="http://www.greenmuze.com/build/design/1312-the-moma-tower-design.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.greenmuze.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.greenmuze.com/build/design/1312-the-moma-tower-design.html"><H1 class="contentheading">
		The MoMA Tower Design</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.greenmuze.com/build/design/1312-the-moma-tower-design.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.greenmuze.com/img/8D5AF964-CEE0-4041-9A9E-CF2717859EA8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.greenmuze.com/build/design/1312-the-moma-tower-design.html"><P>Manhattan architecture firm Axis Mundi recently unveiled an alternative conceptual design for an expansion of the <EM>Museum of Modern Art</EM> in New York City – the <EM>MoMA Tower </EM>at 53 W 53rd. </P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.interiordesign.net/article/CA6671954.html" href="http://www.interiordesign.net/article/CA6671954.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.interiordesign.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.interiordesign.net/article/CA6671954.html"><H2>The firm used parametric computer-modeling software to create ring units called "SmartBlocks" that allow for a wide variety of floor plans.</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.interiordesign.net/article/CA6671954.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.interiordesign.net/img/77EF067D-8061-4646-8AA6-E236B2D253EE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.interiordesign.net/article/CA6671954.html"><DIV>
Using parametric computer-modeling software, Beckmann has created a conceptual alternative to the tower which is planned for the site that was purchased from New York's <A href="http://www.moma.org" target="_blank">Museum of Modern Art</A> by real estate developer <A href="http://www.hines.com" target="_blank">Hines</A>. It was purchased with the caveat that the project would house additional gallery space for the museum. The <A href="http://www.axismundi.com/" target="_blank">Axis Mundi</A> alternative comes as the Hines/Nouvel proposal currently moves through New York's <A href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/luproc/ulpro.shtml#review" target="_blank">Uniform Land Use Review Procedure</A>.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.interiordesign.net/article/CA6671954.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.interiordesign.net/img/F04154B3-D675-4011-B4FB-B94598284A8F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.interiordesign.net/article/CA6671954.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.interiordesign.net/img/E226E77C-EE49-4447-A29A-DB4702AA0E99" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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