Idea by
Bryant Lau Liang Cheng
Call for ideas 2017
Collaborative Tower
Collaborative Tower
 
    As the world population continues to grow, skyscrapers inevitably become a necessity - its height ever increasing in order to meet housing demands. As the tower goes higher, it severs itself further away from the ground levels, resulting in a clear sense of detachment.
The proposed design uses a double helix spiral to continue the green corridor (an abandoned train track) on the ground up vertically, introducing work-live units with retail frontages along it to encourage collaborative living. This work-live unit set up also caters to businesses at home due to the rise of technology.
Originally, a tower will have the value of the units increasing as you go up higher. This condition is reversed here, as the units at the bottom with retail frontages have higher value now instead, due to close proximity to the ground levels. Thus, the tower is no longer isolated from the grounds levels; the collaborative tower melts itself to the ground levels to give back to the urban fabric.
 
                    
                    Site Context and Tower diagrams
 
                    
                    Unit Typology and Layout
 
                    
                    1st Floor Plan and 2nd Floor Plan
 
                    
                    Elevation and Section
 
                    
                    Exploded Isometric Diagram
Collaborative Tower
Collaborative Tower
 
    As the world population continues to grow, skyscrapers inevitably become a necessity - its height ever increasing in order to meet housing demands. As the tower goes higher, it severs itself further away from the ground levels, resulting in a clear sense of detachment.
The proposed design uses a double helix spiral to continue the green corridor (an abandoned train track) on the ground up vertically, introducing work-live units with retail frontages along it to encourage collaborative living. This work-live unit set up also caters to businesses at home due to the rise of technology.
Originally, a tower will have the value of the units increasing as you go up higher. This condition is reversed here, as the units at the bottom with retail frontages have higher value now instead, due to close proximity to the ground levels. Thus, the tower is no longer isolated from the grounds levels; the collaborative tower melts itself to the ground levels to give back to the urban fabric.
 
                    
                    Site Context and Tower diagrams
 
                    
                    Unit Typology and Layout
 
                    
                    1st Floor Plan and 2nd Floor Plan
 
                    
                    Elevation and Section
 
                    
                    Exploded Isometric Diagram