Flat Tower Complements the Urban Landscape by Covering it
With such a rapidly rising global population, many architectural solutions have sought space building up towards the sky, but the Flat Tower offers a much more appealing alternative to man and nature alike.
Holding second place in the 2011 Skyscraper Competition, this unique Flat Tower project is essentially a giant perforated dome. The inhabitable interior space is all within the shell that covers parks and agricultural land, having the two realms coexist in a way that most cities can't accommodate.
The innovative design is the work of Paul-Eric Schirr-Bonnans, Xavier Schirr-Bonnans and Yoann Mescam, planned for Rennes, France to incorporate residences as well as offices within a layered network of occupiable organic cells. The Flat Tower megastructure can be built to a variety of scales, hosting domestic and commercial activities within a skin that pulls sunlight throughout and maintains an efficient form for rainwater collection and solar harvesting.
Holding second place in the 2011 Skyscraper Competition, this unique Flat Tower project is essentially a giant perforated dome. The inhabitable interior space is all within the shell that covers parks and agricultural land, having the two realms coexist in a way that most cities can't accommodate.
The innovative design is the work of Paul-Eric Schirr-Bonnans, Xavier Schirr-Bonnans and Yoann Mescam, planned for Rennes, France to incorporate residences as well as offices within a layered network of occupiable organic cells. The Flat Tower megastructure can be built to a variety of scales, hosting domestic and commercial activities within a skin that pulls sunlight throughout and maintains an efficient form for rainwater collection and solar harvesting.
