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Global Vision
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GLOBAL VISIONAIRIES | UN
GLOBAL VISIONAIRIES | UN
Buil d ing a T went y- F irst Century ‘ tal k ing shop ’:
Capital Master Plan and the new UN Headquarters By J e f f re y B r a d fo r d P h D.
What do you do when the world’s most important home to Diplomats reaches the end of its useful life ?
The UN Secretary General and colleagues on the CMP program break ground on the temporary North Lawn Building May 5, 2008
No small problem for the Capital Master Plan (CMP) owners in New York, when every nation on Earth can have a say in the development. Temporary North Lawn Building under construction next door to the iconic United Nations Headquarters building in New York City
Artists impression of the Temporary North Lawn building
The United Nations building was hurriedly constructed after the Second World War and opened in 1950 at a cost of some $65 million. Using hazardous materials such as asbestos and lacking a fire sprinkler system were always going to put a shelf life on the lifespan of the building. Add to this the security challenges following the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City and a connected world via internet and mobile communications put an
even higher premium on revamping the best diplomatic real estate on Earth. The new plan is, indeed ambitious. At present The UNHQ complex covers an area of over 17 acres, and includes 6 buildings totaling about 2.6 million square feet. In the first phase, a $300 million, 175000 square foot temporary building is being built to house the United Nations pending construction of
a 35 storey modernist building designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Mahi, to be completed by 2013 at a total project cost of some $1.9 billion. Once finished the temporary building will be demolished. Discussions started in the mid 1990s and as it can be imagined was a diplomatic trial in itself to get the buy-in of the 190 plus nations who are all members. One of the considerations to reaching a decision on mod-
ernization was, no doubt, the fact that building systems were running some thirty years beyond their design life – heating and cooling systems built to manage the extremes of the New York climate should have been replaced by the early 1980s. For more details of the Capital Master Plan scheme please see the United Nations website www.un.org/cmp or contact the CMP team at [email protected]. United Nations Secretary General Ban-Ki moon in front of an impression of the Capital Master Plan redevelopment on ground breaking day, May 5, 2008
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f e b r u a r y/ m a r c h 2 0 0 9
T H E I N T E R N AT I O N A L M AG A Z I N E F O R B US I N E S S E X E C U T I V E S
le cirque new united nations headquarters President Obama Inauguration global vision africa exclusive interview with George Forrest Nissan Cars CEO Carlos Ghosn and the challenges for the automotive industry Serena Williams Top earning female athlete w w w. g l o b a l v i s i o n m a g a z i n e . c o m
02 09
$ 4.50 £ 3.00 € 4.50
GLOBAL VISIONAIRIES | UN
GLOBAL VISIONAIRIES | UN
Buil d ing a T went y- F irst Century ‘ tal k ing shop ’:
Capital Master Plan and the new UN Headquarters By J e f f re y B r a d fo r d P h D.
What do you do when the world’s most important home to Diplomats reaches the end of its useful life ?
The UN Secretary General and colleagues on the CMP program break ground on the temporary North Lawn Building May 5, 2008
No small problem for the Capital Master Plan (CMP) owners in New York, when every nation on Earth can have a say in the development. Temporary North Lawn Building under construction next door to the iconic United Nations Headquarters building in New York City
Artists impression of the Temporary North Lawn building
The United Nations building was hurriedly constructed after the Second World War and opened in 1950 at a cost of some $65 million. Using hazardous materials such as asbestos and lacking a fire sprinkler system were always going to put a shelf life on the lifespan of the building. Add to this the security challenges following the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City and a connected world via internet and mobile communications put an
even higher premium on revamping the best diplomatic real estate on Earth. The new plan is, indeed ambitious. At present The UNHQ complex covers an area of over 17 acres, and includes 6 buildings totaling about 2.6 million square feet. In the first phase, a $300 million, 175000 square foot temporary building is being built to house the United Nations pending construction of
a 35 storey modernist building designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Mahi, to be completed by 2013 at a total project cost of some $1.9 billion. Once finished the temporary building will be demolished. Discussions started in the mid 1990s and as it can be imagined was a diplomatic trial in itself to get the buy-in of the 190 plus nations who are all members. One of the considerations to reaching a decision on mod-
ernization was, no doubt, the fact that building systems were running some thirty years beyond their design life – heating and cooling systems built to manage the extremes of the New York climate should have been replaced by the early 1980s. For more details of the Capital Master Plan scheme please see the United Nations website www.un.org/cmp or contact the CMP team at [email protected]. United Nations Secretary General Ban-Ki moon in front of an impression of the Capital Master Plan redevelopment on ground breaking day, May 5, 2008
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