Welcome to Jessica's AE Senior Thesis e-Portfolio
Executive Summary
The Hearst Tower currently under construction in Midtown Manhattan section
of New York City will become home to over 2,000 Hearst Corporation employees
located in offices throughout the city. The Hearst Tower is made up primarily
of open office space, but the architectural program also includes test kitchens,
an auditorium and a full service television studio. When complete the tower
will stand 42 stories tall and consume a total of 856,000 square feet. In
addition to becoming architectural icon, the Hearst Tower will become the
first LEED Gold Certified skyscraper in NYC.
User Note:
Note: While great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of CPEP,
please be aware that the information contained herewith is considered a work-in-progress for this thesis project.
Modifications and changes related to the original building designs and construction methodologies for this
senior thesis project are solely the interpretation of $!!STUDENT!!$. Changes and discrepancies in no way
imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed. Differing assumptions, code references, requirements,
and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may
vary from the original design.
