A Greek-born architect proposes stretching New York City’s zoning and height bylaws with a vision for what he describes will be the longest building in the world: The Big Bend.
Ioannis Oikonomou says go “long instead of tall” in Manhattan. Oikonomou’s Oiio Studio recently released a vision for a U-shaped building that could attract big money without buying too much air, USA Today reports. The Big Bend would be a skinny, curved structure running 4,000-feet-long on Billionaire’s Row.
“If we manage to bend our structure instead of bending the zoning rules of New York we would be able to create one of the most prestigious buildings in Manhattan,” Oiio Studio says on its website. “The longest building in the world.”
“The Big Bend can become a modest architectural solution to the height limitations of Manhattan,” Oiio Studio’s site says.
