High-Rise Urban Cactus Style
Posted by Callie Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:54:00 GMT
I saw this posted on inhabitat (an excellent site). This particular article is about an architectural project designed by UCX Architects. The project in Rotterdam dubbed the Urban Cactus will accommodate 98 residential units within 19 floors. Situated on the end of harbor, the architects chose to conceptualize the project as belonging to the “green nerve” rather than the surrounding urban structure. The “green” is revealed in a stacked set of alternated planes. The stacked alternated living planes reveal the encompassing “green” of the project. The pattern conceived by the living planes creates more space and allows for each unit to receive more sunlight than a typical stacked composition.
