This project for an office tower of 80 stories is Yeangs most carried out 'Bio-climatic Skyscraper' until now. Just like the Menara Mesiniaga Tower in Malysia the spiral-like 'vertical landscaping' forms an important design instrument.
As
the lungs of the building it muffles/controls the air movement in and
around the offices. The growth is a part of the climate managing system
that cools the building and has a noise reducing function. The story floors
have a mutually deviating, organic form. By the spiral-like twisting of
the floors, shades are created for the underlying stories. The shifting
of the floors creates double- or triple-high transitional areas along
the edges, in which the vertical gardens, terraces and loggias are placed.
Along the outer edge of the tower spiral conductors are attached along
which 'cherry-pickers', moving robot arms, can be used for the maintenance
of the gardens, the glass facades and the sunshade panels. The office
floors will be interrupted by lengthy open spaces that go from facade
to facade and form an, again spiral-like rising, vertical atrium area.
These open spaces are in open connection with the outside air and are
sectioned by gangways and stairs. Elevators and service areas can be found
on the hot east- and west side of the building, so the office spaces at
the cooler north- and south facade can be fitted with large glass facades
and open outside areas. Sun shading is provided where needed by (moveable)
perforated covers and by louvres.
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