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Egg Tower
The three egg shaped towers, on the
mountains of Ninghai near Ningbo city, emulate the notion of nature and
mountainous terrain as an alternative to human habitation. To be built
specifically as a hotel and residential tower, it is expected to deliver
supreme living pleasure and comfort amidst
natural surroundings. Geometrically, the tower profile starts from a
simple rounded square and travels upwards to be transformed into a circular
geometry. This gradual deformation and eventual transformation of profile
creates a visual voyage, encumbered with ambiguity yet uniformity.
The tower also conserves building energy
levels and ensures the highest comfort level for its end users for each season
of the year. The mechanism of protection from the outside is achieved by the
subdivision of the tower’s external skin into two strictly demarcated zones, the
north and the south façades. Acting contrary to ideal concepts, external
protection has been rendered by trying to invite more of nature into the
building. While the north is more relaxed in terms of sun exposure and diffuses
light along with providing a scintillating view of the artificial lake right in
front of the towers, it has been allowed to cantilever hanging balconies
throughout the face. This zone also boasts the inclusion of a highly reflective
mirror-like surface set in a specific angle to not only reflect nature back on
to the tower from outside, but also allow the resident to view the reflection
of the mesmerizing lake from inside the room.
The more delicate end of the tower is
definitively the southern façade which faces direct sun glare and sun shine
throughout the year. This part is allowed to build a trombe wall on its surface
for intricate heat storage and dissipation inside during winter nights, which
drastically curtails the heating load. Also, regular louvers and adequate floor
slab projection outside protects it from high summer sun glare and heat. The
hanging balconies on the northern part of the tower contain small planter box
projections, which make the building go green in its true essence. The building
highlights and celebrates the nature by bringing it right inside up to its
core, creating a centrally designed atrium space 200m in depth. An operable
skylight and vent system on top of the tower ensures that the building lives
and breathes by ventilating fresh air in and out.
mountains of Ninghai near Ningbo city, emulate the notion of nature and
mountainous terrain as an alternative to human habitation. To be built
specifically as a hotel and residential tower, it is expected to deliver
supreme living pleasure and comfort amidst
natural surroundings. Geometrically, the tower profile starts from a
simple rounded square and travels upwards to be transformed into a circular
geometry. This gradual deformation and eventual transformation of profile
creates a visual voyage, encumbered with ambiguity yet uniformity.
The tower also conserves building energy
levels and ensures the highest comfort level for its end users for each season
of the year. The mechanism of protection from the outside is achieved by the
subdivision of the tower’s external skin into two strictly demarcated zones, the
north and the south façades. Acting contrary to ideal concepts, external
protection has been rendered by trying to invite more of nature into the
building. While the north is more relaxed in terms of sun exposure and diffuses
light along with providing a scintillating view of the artificial lake right in
front of the towers, it has been allowed to cantilever hanging balconies
throughout the face. This zone also boasts the inclusion of a highly reflective
mirror-like surface set in a specific angle to not only reflect nature back on
to the tower from outside, but also allow the resident to view the reflection
of the mesmerizing lake from inside the room.
The more delicate end of the tower is
definitively the southern façade which faces direct sun glare and sun shine
throughout the year. This part is allowed to build a trombe wall on its surface
for intricate heat storage and dissipation inside during winter nights, which
drastically curtails the heating load. Also, regular louvers and adequate floor
slab projection outside protects it from high summer sun glare and heat. The
hanging balconies on the northern part of the tower contain small planter box
projections, which make the building go green in its true essence. The building
highlights and celebrates the nature by bringing it right inside up to its
core, creating a centrally designed atrium space 200m in depth. An operable
skylight and vent system on top of the tower ensures that the building lives
and breathes by ventilating fresh air in and out.
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