Project Specs

High Line
New York
James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro

the People

Architect

James Corner Field Operations
475 Tenth Avenue, 10th fl
New York, NY 10018
Phone: 212 433 1450
Fax: 212 433 1451

Diller Scofidio + Renfro
601 West 26th Street, Suite 1815
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-260-7971
F: 212-260-7924

James Corner Field Operations
Project Leader / Landscape Architecture / Urban Design
James Corner, Lisa Switkin, Nahyun Hwang, Sierra Bainbridge, Tom Jost, Danilo Martic, Tatiana von Preussen, Maura Rockcastle, Tom Ryan, Lara Shihab-Eldin, Heeyeun Yoon, Hong Zhou

Diller Scofidio + Renfro Architects
Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio, AIA, Charles Renfro, AIA, Matthew Johnson, Tobias Hegemann, Gaspar Libedinsky, Jeremy Linzee, Miles Nelligan, Dan Sakai

Engineer(s):
Buro Happold Structural / MEP Engineering
Craig Schwitter, Herbert Browne, Dennis Burton, Andrew Coats, Anthony Curiale, Mark Dawson, Beth Macri, Sean O’Neill, Stan Wojnowski, Zac Braun, David Bentley, Elizabeth Devendorf, Alan Jackson, Christian Forero, Joseph Vassilatos

Robert Silman Associates Structural Engineering/ Historic Preservation
Joseph Tortorella, Andre Georges

Consultant(s)
Landscape:
Piet Oudolf Planting Design

Lighting:
L’Observatoire International Lighting
Hervé Descottes, Annette Goderbauer, Jeff Beck

Other:
Pentagram Design, Inc Signage
Paula Scher, Drew Freeman, Rion Byrd, Jennifer Rittner

Northern Designs  Irrigation

Michael Astram

GRB Services, Inc. Environmental Engineering / Site Remediation

Richard Barbour, Steven Panter, Rose Russo

Philip Habib & Associates  Civil & Traffic Engineering
Philip Habib, Sandy Pae, Colleen Sheridan

Pine & Swallow Associates, Inc. Soil Science
John Swallow, Robert Pine, Mike Agonis

ETM Associates  Public Space Management

Tim Marshall

CMS Collaborative Water Feature Engineering  
Edison Becker Bonjardim, Roy Kaplan, Tanya Larson

VJ Associates  Cost Estimating
Vijay Desai, Sushma Tammareddi, Chongba Sherpa

Code Consultants Professional Engineers Code Consulting                                                
John McCormick, Laurence J. Dallaire, Kevin Morin

Control Point Associates, Inc. Surveying
Paul Jurkowski, Eneser Enerio

General contractor:
KiSKA Construction

Photographer
Iwan Baan

Renderer:
Design by James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Courtesy the City of New York.

 

the Products

Exterior cladding

Metal/glass curtainwall: 
Elevator curtain wall = AFI Glass and Architectural Metal, Inc.  Product:  DuPont – Sentry Glass Plus(interlayer). 

Composite Aluminum Panels:
Laminators Inc. – Omega Lite

Custom Metal Cladding: 
Corten

Roofing
Elastomeric: 
Edison Coatings – Elastowall 351

Other:
Cold Fluid Applied Waterproofing = Stirling Lloyd – Integritank.

Glazing
Glass:
Custom Glass Guardrails and Windows = Gray Glass (fabricator).
Product:  DuPont – Sentry Glass Plus (interlayer).

Custom Precast Concrete Planks:
BPDL, Quebec (fabricator)

Stainless Steel Stair Treads and Landings:
USA Iron (fabricator).  Product = Slip-NOT Metal Safety Flooring

Furnishings
Custom Benches: 
Hammersmith (fabricator). 

Custom Stainless Steel Railings: 
Hammersmith (fabricator – High Line level guardrails), USA Iron (fabricator – stair guardrails).   Product = Webnet N2 by Jakob

Lighting
Exterior: 
Custom LED Light Rail = Hammersmith (fabricator).  Product = Winona Lighting V-Line LED

Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators:
Custom Elevator: Transel Elevator with National Elevator Cab & Door Corp.