MAD unveils plans for towering village in the mountains. Chinese firm MAD has today unveiled plans for a village of towering apartment blocks beside the Huangshan Mountains in eastern China (+ slideshow).
Inspired by the topographical layers of the landscape, the buildings will have organically shaped floor plates and will emerge from amongst the treetops on a site beside the Taiping Lake. MAD hopes that the new community will give many Chinese residents access to the impressive landscape that has inspired painters for many years. Tower House. Hydro périphérique Aero par Bartłomiej Gowin et Tomasz Janus »Yanko design. Vertical Oasis The Hydro Aero Device is a self-sufficient skyscraper that finds moisture in the desert air by means of condensation.
Electricity is generated by the kinetic energy resulting from the friction created by the effect wind has on light piezoelectric strips. OMA Wins Skyscraper Competition in Stockholm. UPDATE: OMA has released new images of the Norra Tornen project (previously named “Tors Torn”), as the close to 300 apartments planned for the residential towers have been put on the market.
The ground-breaking of the Stockholm towers is currently set for May 2015. OMA has won the design competition for Tors Torn in Stockholm, beating out four competing practices for the opportunity to build the third tallest twin skyscrapers in Sweden. Existing urban guidelines call for a gateway to the new Hagastaden area of Stockholm, and OMA’s proposal accommodates a mixed-use program with a set of “rough-skinned” towers. The protrusions and inversions at different heights produce an alternating pattern of indoor living spaces and protruding outdoor spaces. OMA explains that their design “challenges the expected uniformity and homogenous façade treatment that is often assigned to tower structures.
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