THE GRADIENTOWER
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| Urban Reflection |
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Shenzhen's municipality decide to implement a low-rise area with a
new Masterplan of towers. This area is surrounded by mid-rise
residential towers.
Within
the Masterplan the eastern area is destined for office towers whereas
the western one is for mixed use buildings.
The
idea is to create a functional-stuck tower with houses on the lower
part responding to the height of the surrounding buildings and on the
higher offices according to the planned ones.
Since
the modernist time the architectural market is asking for galzed
towers all around the World, but this is not sustainable anymore so
we decided to do not skip the market demand but to find a way to be
vernacular and green.
To
emphasize the quality of both spaces the glass of the building moves.
It is sent back for the houses in order to create deep balconies all
around the apartments that provide shades during the hot summer and
a lovely outdoor space in the other periods of the year, a real
extension of the indoor.
In
the office part the glass is offsetted out in order to create a
double-layered ventilated facade that provide a better thermal
insulation. This also allows to have a better control of the quality
of the light into the building.
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| Concept Diagrams |
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| Pointing the sky |
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| Silhouette |
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| In to Out |
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| Typical House Floorplan |
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| Typical Office Floorplan |
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| Concept Axo |
Type: Competition
Location: Shenzhen, China
Year: 2017
