TENDER TOWERS
Project Type: Micro-Unit HousingDate: Spring 2020Organization: SCI-ArcTools: Blender, Octane Renderer, Rhinoceros, RevitThe project generates from and challenges the tower typology. Apart from the typical pencil towers that stand alone, the bundle of towers creates a community that is closely connected to one another. At the same time, the brittleness and slenderness quality of the towers forms a new atmospheric landscape that is imposed upon Chinatown. It provides a novel strategy for compact housing.
01. unit design sequence
02. unit to tower
03. towers to boundle
04. design development
L-shaped units are interlocked with an elevator carved in the middle, featuring three types of window shapes. The units stack and bend to form an individual tower, where the breaking point is transformed into an outdoor area.
L-shaped units are interlocked with an elevator carved in the middle, featuring three types of window shapes. The units stack and bend to form an individual tower, where the breaking point is transformed into an outdoor area.
As the cube grows on its small footprint, it reaches a proportion around 1 to fifteen of width to height. It is the proportion of pencil towers in Manhattan. Each tower has one or two shifting moments as it breaks the linear form. The shifting area transforms into a public common area for all the dwellers. All towers are dependent on one another as they connect and lean on each other, forming a loose ring.Three aperture types swap between towers as they bend and stick. The aperture dictates the towers’ window system.
