Wasl Tower: Taking Cultural Sustainability, Health and Innovation to the Next Level Frans Van Vuure, Director, Senior Architect, UNStudio
WHAT WE DO futures urban knowledge architecture interiors WE FUTURE PROOF THE FUTURE
PLACES FOR PEOPLE Unique places that offer strong visual connectivity and easy accessibility ARNHEM TRANSFER HALL
DIVERSITY OF SPACES Working at all scales through flexible methodologies and design parameters BURNHAM PAVILION
SPACES IN MOTION Diversifying user experience through cohesive and sensory rich environments SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN
PERFORMANCE Creating a flexible, sustainable future for people and the environment EDUCATION EXECUTIVE AGENCY & TAX OFFICES
FRANKFURT MELBOURNE LONDON DUBAI Sustainable Public Space Culturally Defined FRANKFURT
FOUR Frankfurt Comprising four high rise towers with a multi storey plinth and housing mixed use programmes, large public spaces and incorporated subsidised housing, UNStudio's design for the former Deutsche Bank site will create a 'City for All' in the heart of Frankfurt. Location Frankfurt, Germany Client Gross & Partner Programme Mixed use Status In Progress
FOUR FRANKFURT
LOCATION INNER CITY Diagram Windmill HEALTH CITY
ORIENTATION Turm Positionen DAYLIGHT PENETRATION Kinks als intelligentes städtebauliches Prinzip
A STRONG URBAN PLAZA ALLOWING CULTURAL ROUTES FOUR FRANKFURT
FRANKFURT MELBOURNE LONDON DUBAI Sustainable Public Space Culturally Defined MELBOURNE
The Green Spine Ben van Berkel: "In addition to providing the towers with a twisting, sculptural silhouette, the Green Spine is an architectural element that incorporates a multitude of functions in one fluid gesture." Location Melbourne, Australia Client Beulah Programme Mixed use Status In Progress
THE GREEN SPINE
HEALTHLY URBAN ENVIRONMENTS PROMOTE HEALTHY LIVING AND ENHANCING WELL BEING HIGH AIR QUALITY SPA / WELLNESS SOCIAL HEART END OF TRIP FACILITIES HEALTHY FOOD GOOD DAY LIGHT BIOPHILIA PASSIVE COOLING PREVENT URBAN HEAT ISLANDS THE SPINE + THERMAL COMFORT + AIR QUALITY + NOISE ABSORPTION + BIOPHILIA THE PODIUM
PROGRAM NETWORK ALLOCATION FUTURE GARDENS URBAN RESORT FUTURE OF WORK THE GARDEN SUPER LIVING LIFESTYLE LAB TOWN SQUARE THE MARKETPLACE SOUTHBANK BOULEVARD SQUARE
THE MARKETPLACE PLINTH POROUS GROUNDS // FLEX ENTERTAINMENT
FRANKFURT MELBOURNE LONDON DUBAI Sustainable Public Space Culturally Defined DUBAI
wasl Tower This development is designed as a dynamic composition created by introducing asymmetry in plan, orientation, clustering and facade treatment. This build up of asymmetries has a far reaching urban effect whilst simultaneously relating to users on a more personal scale. Location Dubai, UAE Client Wasl Engineer Werner Sobek Programme 110,000 m 2 Mixed use Status Under Construction (2014 2020)
wasl Tower
Downtown Dubai
Urban Connectivity
Contrapposto
An Ever Changing Silhouette
The Vertical Boulevard
A New Public Crosspoint
Address @MO Dubai
Intimate Urban Landscape
Aerial Public Lobbies ROOFTOPLOBBY No. 1, 2, 3, 4 Hotel lifts, Office lifts (use of same shaft) No. 5 Service Lift; Offices, Residential No. 6, 7 No. 8, 9,10 No. 11, 12, 13 Service Lifts; Hotel clean / dirty Express Lifts Residences Lifts No. 14 Service Lift Hotel Luggages No. 15 SKYLOBBY SPALOBBY Service Lift Offices, Residential (use for VVIP) GARDENLOBBY
To Meet, Eat and enjoy Well Being
and Touching the Senses
Wellness
Local Skin
The World s Highest Ceramic Facade
Energy Saving Measures
Ceramic Solar Shading Fin
Facade Rationalization
Facade, panelization process
Facade Envelope South, West
Facade Envelope North, East
Facade, optimized fin angle
Workflow Design Construction
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