There's a new skyscraper planned for 303 East 44th Street that appears to be ahead of our time. No it's not the tallest building in Midtown East, but it's not trying to be. In fact, much of ODA Architecture's approach to the design marks a change in attitude for New York City's famous skyscraper ecosystem.

Architect of the new edifice and ODA founder Eran Chen has been taking a unique approach to outdoor space in residential towers, and 303 East 44th will be no different. 

The latest renderings of the building's plans include "sculptured gardens," or outdoor spaces for 11 units afforded by 16-foot tall gaps between stories featuring sleek white elegantly designed support beams.

While the sculptured supports also serve as windbreaks for the gardens hundreds of feet above the street, the design marks ODA's endeavor to differentiate the residential building's appearance from, in Chen's words, the "monolithic, huge testaments to corporate power" like the Chrysler Building. 

The key difference is negative space, and the way that negative space is being utilized. 

The creative supports in the outdoor gardens break up the building's appearance, making it look like the building is being being stretched apart while doubling as private outdoor space.

The result is really driving in the futurist residential concept with lots of green space high in the sky. 

via ODA New York

Chen feels there's an innate honesty to the building, as folks are prone to wondering about the people living in a such a place and how many of them get the privilege, and he has a sense of humor about it. 

"Here you can actually count them," Chen said. "Don't you think it's great? Literally you can sit down and say there's [11] bastards that actually have the gardens that I don't have." 

Thanks, pal.

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[via The Real Deal]