High-Rise Tower with 2 Unseen Features--------Big Balcony and Landscape as Skin





Big Balcony: an experimental idea of making the square footage of balcony bigger than the building itself, as can be seen on the floor plan, building itself is about 1/4 of the whole floor area.

Landscape as Skin: the "revolutionary" concept of this design is to use planting as an integral part of the building design--that is, the planting itself is the skin of the building, rather than just a site element. Hence, all floors should be unformly planted the same kind of bamboo trees at strategically located places. All gardens on all floors are pre-designed, they should not be left to the occupants' discretion.

From northeast

from the building corner, can see balcony from both ends

from the balcony side, northwest

southwest

southwest, from 1st flr

west