A residential skyscraper with an exposed structural concrete exoskeleton has been completed in Brazil.
The 36-storey tower stands at 124 metres tall and was designed on a simple, exposed concrete grid, which was tapered, angled and adjusted in response to the site’s requirements.
The building features a load-bearing core containing a stairwell and lifts while the concrete exoskeleton removes the need for internal columns – similar to the seismic resistant Los Angeles office tower we reported on previously. This allows for unobstructed 360-degree views for the residents of the Brazilian tower’s 34 large apartments.
Architectural agency Triptyque and Architects Office designed the structure. Triptyque’s co-founder Olivier Raffaëlli told Dezeen the design stayed true to an idea of “raw simplicity and functional efficiency”.
“This grid, designed to be flexible, deforms both under the influence of interior programmatic elements and external forces, such as illumination, wind, and the legal and urban constraints of the context,” he said.
“The choice of an exoskeleton and a load-bearing core without intermediate interior columns, along with a window grid and a water drainage shaft system, allows for a completely free organisation of each floor,”
The tower includes a large open floor halfway up the tower, which features stepped seating areas planted with trees, a series of large terraces with seating and a swimming pool, recreational areas, and a plaza at the base.
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