For a Modern Media Company, a Tower of Clarity and Transparency New York Times Tower, New York City

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1 For a Modern Media Company, a Tower of Clarity and Transparency New York Times Tower, New York City Terry Hayes, Senior Vice President, The New York Times Company Serge Drouin, Associate Architect, Renzo Piano Building Workshop

2 THE NEW YORK TIMES BUILDING For a Modern Media Company, a Tower of Clarity and Transparency Owners: Architect: The New York times Company Forest City Ratner Companies Renzo Piano Building Workshop FXfowle Council on Tall Buildings

3 WHY A NEW BUILDING New York Times previous buildings in Times Square 1 Times Square 43 rd Street New needs for the New York Times To bring most of our 2,500 Manhattan based employees under one roof Enhance the workplace culture and productivity by breaking down barriers between upper management and staff Serve our long term operational needs as an owner and user Create a design to reflect the value of the company and our role in the community and provide a visible organization to the public Strategy to partner with Forest City Ratner Council on Tall Buildings We had strong ideas and goal for our new home, but building a Class A office building was not our core business.

4 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS New York Times: The flexible design of the typical tower floors readily accommodated the wide ranging functional differences of the various New York Times s business units. Podium for the Newsroom Offices in the lower part of the Tower for the Times The Times double height Cafeteria The Times Conference Center Times Center on the Street level FCRC: Spec offices Rooftop Street level Retails and restaurants Council on Tall Buildings

5 SITE Location at the edge of Times Square Port Authority, major transportation hub Part of plan to Revitalize the area Council on Tall Buildings

6 SCHEDULE Architectural Competition (2000) Design phase Construction NYT Moving in started in July 2007 Opening Ceremony: November 2007 Council on Tall Buildings

7 DESIGN TEAM Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop Associate Architect: FXFOWLE / FXCollaborative Structure: Thornton Tomasetti MEP Engineer: WSP Flack + Kurts Lighting: OVI Interiors: Gensler Signage: Pentagram Landscape: H.M. White Site Architect Energy Concept: Vidaris Wind: RWDI, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment Façade consultant: Heitmann & Associates Vertical transportation: Jenkins & Huntington Maintenance: ENTEK Many other Quantity of dedicated people to make a good project. Thank you to all the team! Council on Tall Buildings

8 DESIGN APPROACH Lightness Transparency

10 RESTAURANT CAFE RESTAURANT OPEN LOBBY GARDEN TIMES CENTER AUDITORIUM Council on Tall Buildings RETAIL LOADING DOCK LOADING DOCK

14 PODIUM Council on Tall Buildings

16 TOWER Council on Tall Buildings

19 BUILDING TOP Council on Tall Buildings

32 MOCKUPS Council on Tall Buildings

34 HOW THE BUILDING FULFILLED THE NYT NEEDS

37 USER BENEFITS How the work environment has changed for the employees How the building has improved on internal communication and workflow Council on Tall Buildings

38 ENERGY EFFICIENTY Measurements of energy consumption and savings? Light saving Post occupancy report How Berkeley tested the original mock up in Queen and came back to compare the actual environment in 2013 Council on Tall Buildings

39 BECOMING THE IMAGE AND SYMBOL OF THE NYTIMES When other media talk about the NYT they show the image of the façade of the building Representation of the values of the NYTimes Council on Tall Buildings

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