French-Brazilian structure studio Triptyque and São Paolo agency Architects Workplace have accomplished AGE360 in Brazil, a residential skyscraper with a load-bearing concrete “exoskeleton”.
Situated within the Mossunguê neighbourhood of Curitiba, the 124-metre-tall, 36-storey skyscraper accommodates 34 flats alongside wellness amenities and was accomplished for developer AG7 Realty.
Triptyque and Architects Workplace (AO) primarily based their design of the tower on a easy, uncovered concrete grid, which was then tapered, angled and adjusted in response to the location’s planning, climactic and programmatic necessities.
“The central idea of the challenge is predicated on a mirrored image from the early levels of design round a load-bearing grid, or exoskeleton, in uncooked concrete and enormous home windows,” Triptyque cofounder Olivier Raffaëlli advised Dezeen.
“This grid, designed to be versatile, deforms each beneath the affect of inside programmatic components and exterior forces, reminiscent of illumination, wind, and the authorized and concrete constraints of the context.”
“This play of deformation creates an structure that may react and adapt whereas staying true to an thought of uncooked simplicity and useful effectivity,” he added.
Along with a load-bearing core containing a stairwell and lifts, the concrete exoskeleton removes the necessity for inside columns, permitting the massive flats to get pleasure from unobstructed, 360-degree views out over the town.
A variety of shared areas for residents “devoted to the physique and well-being” are situated all through the tower, together with a gymnasium, care centre, spa and meditation areas.
This features a sequence of huge terraces with seating and a swimming pool, and a big open flooring midway up the tower, which options stepped seating areas planted with timber.
“The selection of an exoskeleton and a load-bearing core with out intermediate inside columns, together with a window grid and a water drainage shaft system, permits for a very free organisation of every flooring,” Raffaëlli advised Dezeen.
“Solely the disruptions within the grid, which accommodate the widespread areas, create exhausting and constraining factors, interrupting the general homogeneity of the design precept,” he added.
Inside, the interiors of AGE360 have been completed with stone flooring and wooden panelling, offering a easy, minimal backdrop to the views out by the full-height home windows.
On the base of the tower, a plaza is surrounded by timber planted at its perimeter, created to mix the tower in each with the encompassing metropolis and close by highway and a neighbouring wooded space.
Elsewhere in Brazil, Triptyque just lately accomplished one other residential tower in Sao Paolo, with slim concrete flooring plates that stretch outwards to create massive balconies for the flats.
The images is by Manuel Sá.
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