3D print ARO
A free, printable model of ARO, a slender tower with a stepped, offset-block pattern up its sides, and the dense Midtown skyscrapers around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About ARO
ARO is a luxury rental apartment skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, designed by CetraRuddy, at 242 West 53rd Street, where the Roseland Ballroom once stood. Demolition of the ballroom began in August 2014 and ended in 2015, and Algin Management started the development that same year, with DeSimone Consulting Engineers handling the structural supports. The building topped out in 2017, and construction was completed in 2018. The name ARO is built from the initial of the name of Albert Ginsberg, who once owned Roseland, followed by the first two letters of Roseland.
The tower rises 62 stories, 210 meters (700 ft), made of glass and wrapped in a steel lattice exterior. Its upper levels change shape so that each apartment gets the best light and view, and for that the architects bought development and air rights from the low-rise theaters around it. There are 426 luxury rental apartments, from one to four bedrooms, averaging 95.1 m2 (1,024 sq ft) each, with ceilings 3.0 m (10 ft) high and floor-to-ceiling windows. Retail is at ground level, and parking is underground.
The lobby holds a sculpture that spells ARO, reusing letters of the ballroom's ROSELAND sign, which faced 53rd Street. James Greco, who had tended bar at the ballroom, made it, and concert posters and other items from the ballroom decorate the lobby. Amenity spaces include the ARO Club, with three lounges and athletic facilities, and the ARO Sky Club, a rooftop lounge for residents that has a glass ceiling, at the top of the building.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 61 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 76 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 97 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Stepped, offset top
- The upper levels step and shift in shape. Layers of 0.12–0.16 mm keep the steps crisp, and a larger print size keeps the offsets from blurring together.
- Tall slim shaft
- The tower is tall and narrow, and its sides carry a fine block pattern. Print slowly with good cooling, and use Full detail with a fine nozzle to keep the pattern.
- One piece with the ground
- ARO is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. ARO takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
ARO is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there an ARO STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. ARO grows with the print: about 61 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
