Dutch architect KCAP has gained a world competitors to design two residential towers within the Slovakian capital of Bratislava.
The taller of the 2, at 260m, would be the second tallest within the EU after the 310m Varso Tower in Warsaw.
The second might be 180m in top.
The designs are for an 8,200-sq-m website on the jap finish of Pribinova Avenue, close to the Apollo Bridge over the Danube.
It was acquired by native developer JTRE with plans for 1,100 properties with a complete flooring space of 115,000 sq m.
The towers have a “bundle of sticks” design, with distinct rectangular volumes fused collectively, every with a unique top. This permits every to have a communal terrace and will increase the variety of nook flats and broadens the views.
The towers are additionally barely askew to the road grid to maximise daylight and minimise wind loading. Warmth pumps and photo voltaic panels will enhance power efficiency.
Different sustainability options embrace a decentralised air flow system with warmth restoration and a demountable façade system.
KCAP mentioned the flats may have “progressive floorplans, outlined by extremely environment friendly hashtag formed structural cores extending out, in pinwheel formations”.
On the base might be a glass pavilions, full with vegetation and cafés, that may hyperlink the towers and create a social house.
The competitors jury mentioned the design promised to be “an exemplary mannequin for sustainable high-rise residing” with softened environmental impacts.
KCAP was based in Rotterdam in 1989 by Kees Christiaanse, and is now led by seven companions. It has department workplaces in Zürich, Paris and Shanghai, and works with a workers of greater than 100 and primarily works in Europe and Asia.
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