ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN VI

HIGH RISE
APARTMENTS

CASE STUDY 1: TOWER E.I.O.5

CASE STUDY 2: FUTURE TOWERS
CASE STUDY 3: Tao Zhu Yin Yuan
CASE STUDY 4: Kanchenjunga
CASE STUDY 5: 432 PARK AVENUE
CASE STUDY 6: ISHATVAM 9

GROUP MEMBER

UTKARSH . SHARAD . SAURABH . RACHIT . SURYANSH . SANYAM

 HIGH RISE APARTMENT
High-rise buildings are defined as buildings that have 13 floors or above And below 40
story. A high-rise building is a tall building, as opposed to a low-rise building and is defined
differently in terms of height depending on the jurisdiction. It is used as a residential, office
building, or other functions including hotel, retail, or with multiple purposes combined.
Residential high-rise buildings are also known in some varieties

ADVANTAGE
They Offer the Best Views
If you want stunning views of, say, the Manhattan skyline, you’re only going to get that in
a high-rise apartment. They also get more natural light.
They Are Located in the City
If you work in the big city or simply love shopping and partying there, living in a high rise
apartment is the easiest way to cut down on your commute.
They Provide a Doorman/Security
Another advantage of high-rise living is a doorman, security, and other staff that are there
to make your life easier – and safer. They put the ‘hi’ in hi rise apartments.
 HIGH RISE APARTMENT
High-rise buildings are defined as buildings that have 13 floors or above And below 40
story. A high-rise building is a tall building, as opposed to a low-rise building and is defined
differently in terms of height depending on the jurisdiction. It is used as a residential, office
building, or other functions including hotel, retail, or with multiple purposes combined.
Residential high-rise buildings are also known in some varieties

ADVANTAGE
They Offer the Best Views
If you want stunning views of, say, the Manhattan skyline, you’re only going to get that in
a high-rise apartment. They also get more natural light.
They Are Located in the City
If you work in the big city or simply love shopping and partying there, living in a high rise
apartment is the easiest way to cut down on your commute.
They Provide a Doorman/Security
Another advantage of high-rise living is a doorman, security, and other staff that are there
to make your life easier – and safer. They put the ‘hi’ in hi rise apartments.
Tower e.i.o 5
UTKARSH SHARMA
Design by: ROLDÁN + BERENGUÉ ARQTS
Photos by: Jordi Surroca
Project Data:
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Type: Housing – Residential
Architects: Roldan + Berengué, arqts –
www.roldanberengue.com
Collaborators Architecture: Vicenc Sanz and Zana Bosnic
Total Build Up Area: 10.312,98 m2
Total Build Up Area – Apartment Units: 7.660 m2
Apartment Units: 75 units | 49 units of 3 bedrooms S.U. 69m2 |
25 units of 2 bedrooms S.U. 56m2 | 1 residence of 7 bedrooms
S.U. 196m2
Commercial: 1unit S.C. 280,11m2
Photos: Jordi Surroca
The TOWER E.I.O.5 is a project of social housing promoted by INCASOL and it is located in a new central
zone known as Plaça Europa (Europa Square).

The Europa Square, according to Albert Viaplana’s Project, it is shaped as the last nude in Llobregat’s
direction of the squares sequence that, approximately each kilometer, marking the Gran Via de les Corts
Catalanes.

The urban model of the Europa Square is a generous public space opened to each side of Gran Via which
concentrates, with other buildings, 26 towers of tertiary and residential uses, publics and privates, between
15 and 20 floors. Tower 5 is located in the farthest crown from the Gran Via which runs half- undergrounded.
For all the buildings of this last ring, most of them public housing promoted by different clients, distribution
laws in the master planning fix a maximum floor dimension of 24×24 m, as well as height in which should be
located the first floor structure (slab) and the crowing point of the towers.
TOWER E.O.I 5
SITE PLAN
new central zone known as Plaça Europa (Europa Square).
CONCEPT

The piece architects had built was an object of public client’s competition in February 2005. In
their proposal, rescaling the tower according to its position as a piece in the limit with the
consolidate fabric of Hospitalet trying to visualize with the building a movement between
Europa Square and the blocks of 5 floors that form the surrounding.
Grouping together floors from 3 to 3, the image of the tower, perceived in some kind of
cinematographic long plan, could approximate to a building of 5 floors of height. Consequently
the scale of the windows, according to that law of grouping them, is also transforming in frames
of 10 meters height and different thickness. In order to be more accurate, the facade and
windows, this last ones with a sequential number and modulated in pieces with similar
dimensions to a door (0.8 x 2,10 m), succeeding in different planes with a depth that range
between 50 cm and 1,2 meter and emphasizes the concept of big inverted tribunes. In each
section of the tower the first floor of every serial of 3 is a balcony.
The election of the elements for the facade’s assembly has been done paying
attention to a comparative study of several constructive solutions which
evaluated the origin of already recycled materials, its natural origin and the
capacity for being recycled at the end of its useful life. Likewise, was also
valuated the expense of fabrication energy and the recovered politics of the
surplus energy generated during the production process.

Materially, the facade is constructed with a 8 mm thick HPL panels hanging of

hidden structure of recycled aluminum profiles. Black frames are made of
4mm thick aluminum composite panels which brings equal resistance with a
lower weight per m2 to any other material with the same features.

Synthetically, all materials used in the tower’s construction are 100%

recyclable and specifically the ones used in the facade come from a 65% and
100% already recycled materials.
The criteria for selection of materials of the facade are:
1 – ASSEMBLY: facade materials have been used at their maximum size
possible to optimize both time and material assembly efficiency, to control the
effect of cuttings on the global scale of the building.
2 – SUSTAINABILITY: A comparative study has been made to evaluate recycled
materials, their merits, natural origin and the ability to be recycled at the end
of their useful life. Furthermore, it has also been evaluated the amount of
energy waste and the recovery policy of surplus energy generated during the
production process.
HPL (High pressure laminate) PANELS “FUNDERMAX NT Exterior”
Thickness 8 mm, format 4,1×1,85 m
Quantity: 2,410 m2, 27 TM
Properties: lightness, strength, variety of formats, minimal shrinkage, fast
installation, minimal maintenance, heat and sound insulation, moisture
protection
Composition: 65% natural fiber (40% of which is recycled), 35% synthetic
material
Life cycle: 25% recycled source, 65% natural origin. 100% recyclable
CO2 emission: 6,000 kg/m3 (23,000 kg/m3 steel, aluminum 37,000 kg/m3)
Energy recovery: 95% of energy recovered in the production and for heating of
buildings in the vicinity of the factory
INNOVATION CRITERIA:
1 – Facade disposition in two planes through “inverted tribunes”: apartments
with THREE SOLAR ORIENTATIONS and crossed ventilation.
2 – NATURAL OR RECYCLED (85%) and RECYCLABLE (100%) materials and
production cycles that incorporate cost-saving measures and energy use
3 – PREINDUSTRIALIZED facade systems, “dry” construction
4 – VENTILATED FACADE with total elimination of thermal bridges
5 – very austere materials assembled in UNCONVENTIONAL ways

Independent systems are used at different levels of the facade, without

interference between them:
A- MODULE OF PREFABRICATED WINDOW: lacquered steel sub-frame ,
aluminum window frames with thermal bridges break + chambered glass +
aluminum shutters, placed from floor to ceiling (inside plane)
B- VENTILATED FACADE of large format black aluminum composite panels,
(sides)
C- VENTILATED FACADE of large format 8 mm HPL panels , with a hidden
structure of recycled aluminum 4 mm thick, which provides equal strength
with a weight per square meter than any other material with the same
qualities (Exterior plan)
D-LATTICE formed by fixed brise-soleil of same material, placed in aluminum
special extrusion profiles for the system to control graduate orientation and
spacing of the slats (Externally)
Asymmetrical arrangement of windows
DESIGNING PRINCIPLE USED – SCALE AND PROPORTION
looks like RUBIK'S CUBE
WITH DIFFERENT COLOUR CODING
TO CREATE BALCONY SPACE
FOR VIEWS

LITTLE SHIFT IN BLOCKS

 LOWEST CLEARANCE OF VIEW

HEIGHEST CLEARANCE OF VIEW

 ENORMOUS Triple Floor Heighted Spaces
MODERN ARCHITECTURE
AND SPACES

simplicity of forms;
functional, flexible, and
flowing spaces
exposed structure;
visual weightlessness; and
lack of ornamentation.
INTERIOR STREET CORRIDOR
PLANNING AND ZONING OF SPACES

The tower is set in floor plan as two towers with T form circulation corridor and two
scales in the extremes across the one illuminates the interior in the circulation zone.
Every tower has two apartments of 69 m2 in the extremes and one of 56 m2 in the
central position. Totally, the program is of 75 units.

In this Project, the apartment unit’s distribution begins in the 14th floor and keeps
descending so the compacted residential volume from the superior floor releases a
space of 3 levels height with a T form in the access. This piece, generous in volume and
“sober” in measures and finishing materials, in its longest dimension it ends being a
street with accesses in the extremes and has unusual dimensions for the building’s
entrance hall of usual public housing buildings.

We think that big frames of the facades as well as the space of the entrance hall, work
like intermediate spaces of relation, shaping the community scale, between the
individual and private scale of the houses and the public city scale.
PLANNING AND ZONING OF SPACES

The tower is set in floor plan as two towers with T form circulation corridor and two
scales in the extremes across the one illuminates the interior in the circulation zone.
Every tower has two apartments of 69 m2 in the extremes and one of 56 m2 in the
central position. Totally, the program is of 75 units.

In this Project, the apartment unit’s distribution begins in the 14th floor and keeps
descending so the compacted residential volume from the superior floor releases a
space of 3 levels height with a T form in the access. This piece, generous in volume and
“sober” in measures and finishing materials, in its longest dimension it ends being a
street with accesses in the extremes and has unusual dimensions for the building’s
entrance hall of usual public housing buildings.

We think that big frames of the facades as well as the space of the entrance hall, work
like intermediate spaces of relation, shaping the community scale, between the
individual and private scale of the houses and the public city scale.
circulation
circulation
circulation
circulation
circulation
circulation
circulation
 69m2

circulation
 Living space
With outer view

Master
bedroom

Entrance foir

Balcony
space

Toilet
Kitchen
circulation
Wet areas and shaft
Structural column layout
REFRENCES

• BOOK – RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

MORE CREATIVE AND LESS BUDGET

• OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE ARCHITECTURAL COMPANY

http://www.roldanberengue.com
Agora Tower
SAURABH
Project Details :-
• Project name : Tao Zhu Yin Yuan (Agora Tower)
Carbon-absorbing green tower,
• Location : Taipei Taiwan, Xinyi district
• Road : Song Gao Road & Song Yong Road
• Transportation : 2MRT lines
• Site Area : 8,160m2
• Total floor area: 42,705 m²
• Design Year: 2010
• Completion Year: 2021
• Architect : Vincent Callebaut Architectures, Paris
• Zoning : Residential area ( Taipei Xinyi
Development District)
• Floor Structure : 21 Floors and 4 Floors basement, SS
Steel Structure & Earthquake Protection System
• Client: BES Engineering Corporation, Taipei
• Current phase: Gardens planting, waterfalls
construction and interior decoration of public
facilities space are undergoing
• Green certification: U.S. Green Building Council
LEED Gold + ; Low Carbon Building Alliance
Diamond Level
➢ HEIGHT ➢ FLOORS
• The residential complex will be covered in 23,000
trees and shrubs. To Tip: 93.2 m / 306 ft Above Ground - 21
Architectural: 93.2 m / 306 ft Below Ground - 4
 Concept :-
• Fractal geometry
• Double helix of DNA
• Balance
• Harmony
• Dynamism

Four main ecological objectives

the building will accomplish:
1. The reduction of the climatic global
warming.
2. The protection of the nature and the
biodiversity.
3. The protection of the environment
and the quality of life.
4. The management of the natural
resources and waste.

➢ The tower is directly inspired by

the double-helix structure of
DNA, the source of life and the
symbol of harmony, and
reflects upon the idea of
ultimate balance.
Location & Site
Details:-
 Inspired by a DNA double
Site Plan :- helix, the mega column
structure lining the exterior
of Tao Zhu Yin Yuan allows
for column free interior
spaces.
Location & Site Details :-
165m of ambient sky garden for
each unit.. 270 degree
panoramic magnificient big
vision. Each floor plant 12 to14
trees.

Round 6600m of artistic park is

retained on ground level. The
circumference plant high
hedgerows and about 100
arbors grow on the artistic park
that both create a lush forest.

Base shrink back and setup 5 to

6.5 meters sidewalk with green
space.

The main component of the project :

• The luxuriant forest and glade.
• A vertical twisted garden surrounded.
• The apartments, a minimal spatial and technical flexibility.
• The landscape balconies, green cascades of trees and
flowers.
• Innovative concept of helix structure.
• Advanced Green building design.
• The landscape basement naturally lightened and
ventilated.
Building Basic Information:-
➢ Every floor is rotated by 4.5 degree clockwise as
the tower moves up, to a total of 90 degrees.
When viewed from different angles, the tower
transforms into a myriad of forms including a
triangle, core and reverse triangle.
The four main profile of the twisted building :
pyramid, cross, reverse pyramid and ellipse.
• Perfectly integrated in the North/South
pyramidal profile of the <Building Volume>
• Generate a maximum of casecades of
suspended open-air gardens, not part of the
F.A.R (floor area ratio). Thus, the planted
balcony surface area can exceed the limit of
the required 10%
• Offer to each inhabitant exceptional
panoramic views on the skyline of Taipei by
multiplying the transversal views, especially
towards the very close Taipei 101 tower.
• Generate from a flexible standardized level a
progressive geometry with provides intimacy
and confidentiality to each apartment by
avoiding the indiscreet vision axes.
Nuclear plant-grade seismic design – The design peak ground acceleration is 400 gal, which
can resist the highest Class 7 earthquake in Taiwan and still remain flexible and undamaged.
• 72 Piles Drilled into Bedrock to Class 7 EPS Seismic Isolation.

Structural Framing System

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM :-

Section AA’
Sustainable:

• Double wall system creating natural ventilation reducing

consumption for air conditions.
• Double-floor design allows total freedom in arranging the kitchen,
baths and bathrooms as well as any future renovations.
Maintenance of pipework or interior finishing may be completed
without causing any annoyance to the downstair neighbor.
• Using recyclable materials.
• Reducing excavation for the foundation earth volume.

Ecology

• Creating vertical greening for the balconies of each floor.

• Maximize green area.
• Series of ecological green network system.

Health
• The material of interior decoration are environmentally friendly.
• Importing natural ventilation and light guide design.
Natural ventilation and Natural Light Provision:-

Installation of Solar and Wind power system will supply electricity

use for public spaces, reach annual carbon dioxide reduction to
35 tons.

Using core area to create natural ventilation that can reduce

indoor temperature and decrease the air conditioning
consumption.

Using-regenerative elevator.

Using high-efficiency air conditioner. LED lighting and water-saving

flush systems withqualified logos

Installing integrated reversible heat pump system in B1 swimming

pool area.

A rainwater recycling system installed on 1F and feed water to

garden sprinklers.
Basement :-
 TYPICAL FLOOR
PLAN WITH &
WITHOUT
VIRENDEEL BEAM:-
GROUND FLOOR
PLAN :-
INTERMEDIATE
FLOOR PLAN :-
21st FLOOR
PLAN :-
PENT-HOUSE
PLAN :-
BUILDING SECTION :-
BUILDING SECTION :-
Inferences: -
Use:
▪ Agora Garden is being developed as a sustainable residential eco-construction which will house the
city's most luxurious apartments, rooftop clubhouses, a swimming pool, gym facilities and car parking.
Green quotient:
▪ This structure is a fusion of climate, landscape and architecture.
▪ Each apartment will have four types of storey that will house either two or four apartments.
▪ The project has an integration of bioclimatic passive systems (natural lighting and ventilation, a rain
water recycle system, low-e glasss, double curtain walls) along with an optimum use of renewable
energies, including photovoltaic solar roof and canopies.
▪ The energy conservation systems are automated.
▪ Along with trees on the ground, the structure will also host a vertical twisted garden sitting in the middle
along with landscaped balconies, cascades of flowers, fruits, vegetables and aromates.
▪ Moreover, the landscaped basement for parking is naturally lighted and ventilated.
▪ All these measures are taken to achieve four ecological objectives, including reduction of global
warming, protection of the nature and the biodiversity, protection of the environment
Inferences: -

▪ First, two apartments with curved living rooms around a central core; second, two apartments with
living rooms stretched in a length; third, two apartments with living rooms set in a bow by the
panoramic storey; and fourth, four duplex apartments with living rooms having high ceiling.
Design:
▪ The twisted design of Agora Garden is inspired by human DNA as well as the Chinese Taiji philosophy
of Yin and Yang.
▪ The structure will be covered with 23,000 trees on the ground and in balconies.
▪ In order to ensure its seismic stability, the structure is largely made of concrete
▪ Along with trees on the ground, the structure will also host a vertical twisted garden sitting in the
middle along with landscaped balconies, cascades of flowers, fruits, vegetables and aromates.
▪ Moreover, the landscaped basement for parking is naturally lighted and ventilated.
▪ All these measures are taken to achieve four ecological objectives, including reduction of global
warming, protection of the nature and the biodiversity, protection of the environment
IMAGES :-
KANCHANJUNGA APARTMENT
RACHIT
KANCHANJUNGA APARTMENT

BY - RACHIT AGARWAL
 INTRODUCTION
ARCHITECT Ar. CHARLES CORREA

LOCATION Bombay, India

Date 1970 – 1983

Building Type multifamily housing

Climate Hot & Humid

STYLE MODERN

ORIENTATION S-W

PLAN ENVELOPE 21*21M

MATERIALS RCC CONCRETE

FLOOR 27

APARTMENT 32 LUXURY/4TYPES/(3 TO 6 BEDROOM)

HEIGHT 84M
 Bye laws & Site Details : -
▪ Bombay lies on the western coast of India and its major commercial center for the country.
▪ The apartments are located south west of downtown Mumbai in an upscale suburban setting.
• Plot Size: - 5260sqm
▪ Tower Footprint: - 436sqm
▪ FAR 2.23
▪ SETBACK FROM FRONT 12m
FROM SIDE & REAR MARGIN 24M
▪ POPULATION DENSITY TYPE A: 25 , TYPE B : 160, TYPE C:224
, TYPE D :48

0.45KM
`
 Concept: -
▪ He mainly worked on the sectional
displacement by bringing changes in the floor
surfaces.
▪ USING TWO LEVEL WITH DIFFERENT SIZES
▪ He applied cellular planning by using
interlocks in one and half story 3 and 4
bedroom units with two and half story 5-6
bedroom units.
▪ Small displacements in levels differentiated
the external earth filled terraces with internal
elevated living volumes.
▪ Designed as a concept of “Through
Ventilation”, of Kanchanjunga apartments.
 Orientation: -
▪ Kanchanjunga Apartments is oriented toward the East-
West side so that the building can catch the sea-breeze.
▪ The design and orientation of the building are done
towards the seaside so that it will get the best viewpoint
from the house.
▪ 62.5% Get View Of Harbour & Remaining Of Arabian Sea.
▪ The drawback of the orientation of the building is that the
direction of the sea- breeze, and view is also the direction
of hot sun and monsoon rain.
▪ So Charles Correa designed a veranda at which will work
as the first line of difference for a house.
▪ Designing of deep Veranda and open balcony creates a
protective layer for the living room.
INNOVATION
• Interlock of four different apartment typologies varying from 3 to 6bedrooms each.

• Smaller displacements of levels.

• Differentiated between the external earth filled terraces and theinternal elevated living
volumes.

• Effectively shield these high rise units from the effects of both the sunand monsoon rains.

• Achieved by providing the tower with relatively deep, garden verandas,suspended in

the air.

• The building is a 32 story reinforced concrete structure with 6.3mcantilevered open

terraces.
 Approach: -
▪ The site has a separate road for individual approach which is connected to the main road.
▪ Building is approachable from two opposite sides, one from east and one from west
 Planning: -
▪ The main idea of Charles Correa for this building is to give a resident feeling of a luxurious
bungalow in high rise buildings.
▪ If we talk about the planning of the building, it is designed in the center of the site with a
protective green landscape around the building.
▪ Landscaping around the building creates a passive
cooling effect for a building.
▪ Kanchanjunga is located in the main city center
having roads on many sides. Traffic jams always
happen on the roads lead to substantial noise
pollution on the site.
▪ Trees on all sides of the building help in reducing noise
pollution on the site.
Basic Structural Units : -
Type A: - 3 BHK, 294sqm, 10 Units

Spaces:
✓ Living room
✓ 3 Bedrooms
✓ Study room
✓ Kitchen
✓ Servant room directly attached with kitchen
✓ Terrace garden
Type B: - 3 BHK, 242sqm, 8 Units

Spaces:
✓ Living room
✓ 3 Bedrooms
✓ Study room
✓ Kitchen
✓ Dining
✓ Servant room directly attached with kitchen
✓ Terrace garden
Type C: - 5 BHK, 373sqm, 8 Units

Spaces:
✓ Living room
✓ 5 Bedrooms
✓ Study room
✓ Kitchen
✓ Dining
✓ Servant room directly attached with kitchen
✓ Terrace garden
Type D: - 4 BHK, 361sqm, 4 Units

Spaces:
✓ Living room
✓ 3 Bedrooms
✓ Study room
✓ itchen
✓ Pantry
✓ Dining
✓ Bar
✓ Servant room directly attached with kitchen
✓ Terrace garden
Ventilation & Daylight: -

▪ Each house in kanchanjunga apartment provided with the

two-story garden terrace.
▪ Cross ventilation works very effectively in the building helps in
reducing the heat gain.
▪ In these figures, we can clearly see a sufficient amount of
natural light and air is coming inside the house.

section
Transparency & Circulation: -
▪ Great deal of transparency has been achieved by use of terrace gardens and large
openings on every floor.
▪ 10% to 15% of each floor area has been provided as common circulation.
▪ Max. facilities provided using min. circulation.
▪ The surface at the one end cut away to create a double-height space which gives a
whole new sense to high rise buildings.
▪ Slab drop is given to the terrace gardens for plantations.
 Structural Overview: -
▪ The whole structure of kanchanjunga apartments is made
of reinforced cement concrete.
▪ Each house has a 6.3 m cantilevered open terrace garden.
▪ The central core is consists of lift, the staircase provides the
main structural element for resisting lateral load.
▪ Central core of 7.8x6.9 m house the lifts and service areas.
▪ Central core was constructed ahead of the main structure
using SLIP method of construction.
▪ The dual concrete construction forms a tube in tube system
adding on to the stability of the whole tower.
 Inferences: -
▪ The design and orientation of the building are done towards the seaside so that it will get the best
viewpoint from the house.
▪ Trees are planted on all sides of the building on the site which helps in reducing noise pollution on
the site and create passive cooling effect.
▪ The double-height terraces are oriented against the sun to protect each apartment unit.
▪ Large openings and terrace gardens provide transparency.
▪ Designing of deep Veranda and open balcony creates a protective layer for the living room.
▪ Elevators stop at alternate floors because of the planning pattern of units in one & half story and
two & half story. So that it will be easier to access the units via lifts.
▪ All four major types of unit ( A,B,C&D) are planned in such a manner that we can place any one
unit in all the three types of the units above the ‘A’ type unit. Above the ‘B’ type of unit we can
place only ‘A’ type unit. Above the ‘C’ type of unit we can place either ‘B’ or ‘D’ type of units.
And above the ‘D’ type of unit we can place either ‘B’ or ‘C’ type of units.
 Inferences: -
▪ Every units have the provision of servant room which is directly attached to the kitchen.
▪ Every units have the provision of double heighted terrace garden which is connected to the
living space. It creates good view and ventilation.
▪ All the bedrooms of each of the units are attached with the bathroom and a balcony.
▪ Max. facilities are provided using min. circulation which is helping to minimize the waste of floor
area.
▪ Cross ventilation works very effectively in the building helps in reducing the heat gain.
▪ Kanchanjunga apartments are one of the finest high rise housing projects in India.
▪ The purpose of this project was to study a typology of house and find out how the architect
used to work and design.
Project Gallery: -

THANKYOU
432 PARK AVENUE
SHARAD
TYPE- RESIDENTIAL
COMPLETED- DEC,23 2015
ARCHITECT-AR. RAFAEL VINOLY
HEIGHT- 425.5M
FLOOR- 85
FLOOR AREA- 38335M2
LIFTS-10
 LOCATION
57th Street ,Midtown
Manhattan in New York
City

SUN PATH DIAGRAM

432 Park is an expression of the extraordinary qualities of the Manhattan grid and its design exploits these
parameters. A regular grid of exposed concrete members creates an open basket within which SIX
“independent buildings” stack up, separated by spaces within which the building cores are exposed to the
outdoor elements. These breaks allow for deflection of wind pressures and help the 1,396-foot (425-meter) -
tall building, with its 1:15 slenderness ratio, achieve structural stability.
DESIGN INSPIRATION

Viñoly said that the regular lattice was inspired by a 1905 trash
can by Austrian designer Josef Hoffmann.
SITE PLAN
At the base, the building meets the
ground creating a landscaped public
space that extends the feeling of
openness of Park Avenue onto 56th
Street. A private porte-cochere
defines the entrance to a discreet
residential lobby. All services and
delivery accesses are independently
located to the east side of the tower.
GROUND
FLOOR
PLAN

N
TOWER SUBDIVISION DIAGRAM Custers of
unoccupied
sections
throughout the
tower allow wind
to flow through
and stabilize the
building. That
tower's structural
engineer, Silvian
Marcus, said that
without the large,
open-air
mechanical
floors, 432 Park
Avenue would
noticeably sway
and be
unacceptable to
residents.
Five two-story windbreaks, spaced every 12 floors from the top, are
unenclosed and serve to reduce the tower's wind load.
LOWER FLOORS
PROGRAM
DIAGRAM
The six upper volumes, starting 200 feet
(61 meters) above grade, contain 53
residential floors housing 106 units with
panoramic views. The floor plan, with
12.5-foot-tall (3.8-meter-tall) ceiling
heights and rooms that are
unencumbered by structural elements,
also provides flexibility for custom
redesigns of the units. Each floor
measures approximately 8,740-square-
feet (812-square-meters) and can
accommodate from one to three
residential units.
ELEVATOR
DIAGRAM LVL84

LVL78

LVL56

LVL13
LVL13

LVL05
CONSTRUCTION
Engineering firm Silvian Marcus
structured the tower around a
“backbone” of reinforced
concrete surrounding 30-inch-
thick walls that house the
building’s elevator shafts and
mechanical services. The outer
structural skin is a grid of 3-foot-8-
inch-wide columns and spandrel
beams of reinforced concrete.
This layout allows the tower’s
interior spaces to remain open for
the 27-foot span between the
core and shell. The facade—
made of 14,000 psi white Portland
cement—is cast around pre-
assembled full-floor rebar cages
with articulated steel formwork.
AMENITIES
• 12 FOOT GOLF TRAINING
• A MASSIVE TRAINING
• 75 FOOT 2-LANE INDOOR SWIMMING POOL
• JACUZZI
• CHANGING AREAS WITH STEAM SAUNA
• TREATMENT ROOM
• BILLIARD ROOM
• LIBRARY
• FITNESS ROOM
• YOGA
• ON SITE CLIMATE CONTROLLED WINE
CELLAS
 The soaring and graceful tower is
a perfect square of architectural
concrete featuring oversized 3
meters by 3 meters windows that
flood the residences with natural
light and frame the unsurpassed
views.

Nothing was left to chance in the bathrooms either. There is a

breathtaking view to be enjoyed from the free-standing bathtub,
surrounded by elegant marble and purist design. The ambiance
combines a sense of modernity with timeless elegance, bringing
to the iconic aspirations of the building to its interior design.
BUBBLE
DIAGRAM
ANALYSIS
S.W.O.T. ANALYSIS

STRENGTH- panoramic view , large windows

no obstruction of structural element- customizable floors.

WEAKNESS- prone to wind pressure due to height

service failure.(as per news)

OPPURTUNITIES- increasing the no of rooms

THREATS- structural failure due to high slenderness ratio.

 INFRENCES
• Height of a building can be increased using service floors as those aren’t counted in floor area
ratio
• Despite using technologies simple wind breaks can be used to reduce wind pressure.
• Columns on the external periphery gives the liberty to design the interior layout according to
the clients need.
REFRENCES
• https://regproject.org/paper/the-land-use-labyrinth-problems-of-land-use-
regulation-and-the-permitting-process/#row_1

• https://www.theplan.it/eng/architecture/en-432-park-avenueand wiki

• https://misfitsarchitecture.com/2014/09/30/the-economics-of-the-ideal-
penthouse/

• https://www.structuremag.org/?p=13350

• https://worldofarchi.com/2012-12-432-park-avenue-floor-plans-and/
FUTURE TOWERS
SURYANSH
 FUTURE TOWERS, AMANORA PARK TOWN, PUNE

Currently under construction Future Towers, a

vertical city proposed by MVRDV, is part of the first
phase of Amanora Apartment City. The design of
1,068 apartments & public amenities, as a part of
a large scale housing development with a total of
400,000 sqm comprising 3,500 apartments is a
response to the demand for housing in the rapidly
growing city of Pune, India.
The Future Towers project introduces lost qualities
to mass housing: increased density combined with
amenities, public facilities, parks and a mix of
inhabitants resulting in a vertical city.
PROJECT DETAILS: -
• Location: - Amanora Park Town, Hadapsar, Pune
• Timeline: - 2012-17
• Architect: - MVRDV
• Structure Type: - High Rise Building
• Architectural style: - Modernism
• Area: - 1,30,450 m²
• Height (estimated): - 114.69 meters
• Floors: - 17-30
• Current No. Of Dwelling Units: - 1068
• Area of Dwelling units: - 42-530 sq. meters
• Typology: - Mixed-use, Housing, Commercial Space and Public Amenities
• Main Usage: - Residential Condominium
• Structural material: - Concrete
SITE DETAILS AND ORIENTATION: -
• Climate: - Moderate Climate
• Total Site Area : - 4,00,000 m²
• Ground Coverage Area : - 1,30,450 m²
• Main Road: - 18 To 20 M wide

• Phase 1 building is oriented in such a way that its

major part is facing towards east and west direction
which allows maximum natural light to each
residential units.

• Phase 1 building is located in SW part of the site.

• 6 different spaces are created due to positioning of 9

wings.

• The two spaces in-between the phases allow for

green pedestrian connections from the central park
to the township.
ESTIMATED SITE PLAN CURRENT SITE PLAN

The completed building is just the first phase of the larger Future Towers project at Amanora Park Town,
which comprises 3 phases and around 3500 dwellings in total. MVRDV is currently working on the second
phase of the project.
CONCEPT
Despite its expressive appearance, the design of ‘future
towers’ in fact stems from a series of methodical decisions
based on MVRDV ’s research into Indian housing. The
development also includes a mixture of different units in
order to ensure the full spectrum of India's exploding middle
class can live in harmony. Apartments ranging from 45
square meters to 450 square meters are mixed together, a
diversity enabled by the building’s mountainous shape and
the shifting floor plans that it generates.

Because construction costs are low in India, and elevators

comparatively expensive, the economics usually applied to
residential design could be inverted; thus a reduced number
of lift cores combined with corridors were in this case more
economically desirable than having many towers, each with
its own core and fewer corridors.

As a result of this calculation, MVRDV’s design features 9

housing wings ranging from 17 to 30 storeys arranged around
just 4 circulation cores.
DESIGN FEATURES
• MVRDV’s design features 9 housing wings ranging from 17
to 30 storeys arranged around just 4 circulation cores.
• The slabs form a hexagonal grid, which allows for wide
views from the apartments and leaves large open public
courtyards at ground level.
• The ‘peaks’ allow for optimized daylight conditions and
the resulting inclined roofs allow for a number of exterior
terraces, both private and communal.
• Recessed balconies on the main facades of the
residential slabs themselves hint at the diversity of the
homes behind, with a mixture of normal size, double-
height, double-width and even some L-shaped balconies.
• The floor plans also incorporate the principles of Vastu
Shastra, the traditional system of architecture.
• A simple yet effective natural ventilation system, which
both cools the apartments and can help extract air from
kitchens, helps to make personal air conditioning units
optional for residents.
RESPONSE

After careful analysis a network of slabs emerged in a hexagonal grid. The hexagonal grid
with its 120 degree angles between the slabs is an optimum for light and views. The grid is
positioned on the site in such a way that when cut along the site's boundaries it gives birth to
three distinct building fragments.
These correspond to the three phases of development of the project. The two spaces in-
between the phases allow for green pedestrian connections from the central park to the
township.
PROCESS
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
• Trabeated structure system is used.

• 9 wings are positioned at 120 degrees to each

such that creating 4 nodes which is use for
services.

• The building follows a hexagonal grid to provide

views and natural light to the apartments. This
allows the 9 wings with double loaded corridors to
be efficiently serviced by 4 cores.

• The facade will be made of concrete and the

large windows will have sun protection by
ornamented metal shutters, allowing for natural
ventilation between facade and the many
ventilation shafts that cross the structure vertically.

• The circulation spaces and public spaces will be

clad in natural stone; the balconies are all clad in
wood.
AMENITIES
DIVISION OF SPACES
FLOOR PLAN

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FLOOR PLANS

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1 BHK LAYOUT PLANS
AREA: 55 to 75 sq. m
1 BHK + STUDY ROOM LAYOUT PLANS
AREA: 70 to 85 sq. m
2 BHK LAYOUT PLANS
AREA: 75 to 130 sq. m
2 BHK + STUDY ROOM LAYOUT PLANS
AREA: 100 to 130 sq. m
3 BHK LAYOUT PLANS
AREA: 180 to 230 sq. m
4 BHK LAYOUT PLANS
AREA: 200 to 250 sq. m
INFERENCES
• To reduce the total cost of a building, we can use the common services system for two or
more buildings.
• Wings are positioned at 120 degrees, which allows maximum sunlight and ventilation.
• Also it helps in maintaining the neighbourhood relationship by the formation of courtyards.

STRENGTHS
• Neighbourhood relationship is maintained.
• Various spaces are created due to positioning of wings.
• Building cost is reduced by reducing the number of service cores.

WEAKNESS
• Footfall is increases in lifts and staircases space due to common service core.
ISHATVAM 9
SANYAM
ISHATVAM 9
SANJAY PURI ARCHITECTS
 ABOUT THE PROJECT

• SITE LOCATION - RANCHI, JHARKHAND, INDIA

• FLOOR AREA - 80000.0 M²
• YEAR - 2017
• STRUCTURE TYPE - HIGH RISE BUILDING
• HEIGHT - 50M
• FLOOR - 15 FLOOR
• FUNCTION - HOUSING (RESIDENTIAL)
• TYPE - MODERN STRUCTURE
• MATERIAL - CONCRETE
• UNIT TYPE - 4BHK
SITE DETAILS

▪ In the centre of the city.

▪ Residential building.
▪ Plot area – 16000 sq ft
▪ 50% built up area
▪ Balcony area – 8729 sqft
▪ Front facade facing toward the
existing petrol pump on sit.
SITE SURROUNDINGS
CONTEXT AND APPROACH

▪ Earlier only 15 m height building were

allowed.
▪ Few year ago government allowed
buildings up to 50m.
▪ Due to which the surrounding buildings of
the site are low rise.
▪ The layout is done in response to the social
habits of the people in the city where 3
generations are generally living together in
the same house.

APARTMENTS BUILT AFTER THE REVISED LAW

EARLIER LOW RISE DEVELOPMENT

CONTEXT AND APPROACH
• Most of the city’s inhabitants have been used
to living in individual houses

• With private gardens and open spaces.

• The few high rise residential buildings that have

been constructed in this city still remain partially
unoccupied due to the lack of private open
spaces in them.

• As a response to this need, the apartments have

been designed to occupy a complete floor
opening out on all sides.

• With each room extending into twenty feet high,

double height decks.

• Each of the internal spaces thus extends and

into private sheltered open spaces.
SITE AMINITES & SERVICES
• Guard room at the narrow entrance of the
site.
• Petrol pump attached to the site boundary
on the road side
• 2 lifts inside the building.
• Party hall at the ground floor.
• Underground parking
ENTRANCE
• Parking on the site area as well.
• Lobby with Visitors Lounge on the ground
floor
• Fire Fighting System throughout the building.
 40m

SITE PLAN
• The site is around 16000 sqft.
• The entrance to the side is
narrow due to the adjacent
petrol pump. 43m
• Upon entrance we have
the security cabin on the 58m
left side.
• Then we have the 1st car
Legends-
parking on the ground level.
1. Petrol pump
• There is underground car 2. Party hall
parking as well through the 3. Staircase
ramp. 4. Lift
• The site has sufficient 5. Entrance lobby
amount of green spaces. 6. Ramp
• The building is built on
around 50% of the total site
area.
 BUBBLE DIAGRAM
SUN PATH DIAGRAM
PROJECT DETAILS
Legends-
1. Petrol pump
2. Party hall
3. Staircase
4. Lift
5. Entrance lobby
6. Ramp
7. Living room
8. Bedroom
9. Toilet
10. Dresser
11. Pooja room
12. Servant room and
toilet
13. Kitchen
14. Terrace/balcony
15. Terrace below
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CIRCULATION
• Each floor has just one unit.
• No unit shares its entrance lobby with any other
unit.
• This was done because people there are used to
living in individual houses.
• The apartments are designed with minimal internal
circulation spaces.
• With a large living dining area located centrally
from which all the rooms are accessed.
• This layout is done in response to the social habits
of the people in the city where 3 generations are
generally living together in the same house.
• The living room becomes the focal place within LEGENDS-
the house allowing for increased interaction LIVING AREA
between the various family members BEDROOM
KITCHEN
SERVANTS
CORE AREAS
GREEN AREAS
 PROJECT DETAILS
AREA OF SPACES
• Bedroom- 10.6m2 each
• Kitchen - 9.3m2
• Bathroom - 3.8m2
• 2 Lifts – 2.3m2 each
• Prayers room - 2.5m2
• Electricity duct - 1 m2
• Servants room – 2.71 m2 LEGENDS-
1. BALCONY
• Balcony - 2.1,3.2,2.8,8.61,2.64 m2
2. TERRACE
• Dining – 9.05 m2 3. BEDROOM
4. LIVING ROOM
• Living- 35m2 5. STILT
6. PARKING
• Master bedroom dresser - 3.5 m2
• Stairs - 5.06 m2
 PROJECT DETAILS

• Each apartment is designed in such a

way to occupy the complete floor
and opening out on all side.
• Each and every room is extending
into 20ft. high, double height deck.
• Every internal space is extends into
LEGENDS-
private sheltered open spaces. LIVING AREA
BEDROOM
KITCHEN
SERVANTS
CORE AREAS
GREEN AREAS
PROJECT DETAILS
• Each balcony is designed in such a way
that 1/3 is partially open to sky terrace 2/3
is partially covered.
• This allow the user to sit in the open or in
sheltered space depending upon
weather.
MATERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION DETAIL-
• The main material for construction was –

• Concrete
• Brick
• Glass on windows and doors.

• The construction took two years to complete.

• Shuttering was first tried in plywood.
• Later it was done in steel sheets for the
desired results.
• Due to which the construction cost was just
around Rs.1600/sqft.
• A workforce of 72 people was involved during
the construction of the building.
INFERENCES
• The project is on a very small site.
• There are only one type of units in the project i.e. 4bhk
• There are not a number of site amenities due to the
small scale of the site.
• The entrance to the site is quite narrow.
• Less number of recreational spaces on the site
• Ventilation inside the units are properly
• Each floor consist of single unit giving the owner its
privacy
• Providing open and sheltered spaces in the balcony,
give the felling of individual housing
SITE PHOTOS