Mound, hearth, enclosure, roof, and column. The way we see it, Gottfried Semper and scholars already figured out what makes honest tectonic form. We're looking for the element that satisfies our primitive urge to value architecture that's good.

March 8th 2011

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Flat Tower
by: Yoann Mescam, Paul-Eric Schirr
Bonnans, and Xavier Schirr-Bonnans
in: Rennes, France

To channel a cult favorite breakfast cereal jingle, this honeycomb tower’s big… yeah yeah yeah!  it’s not small… no no no!

It’s so big, in fact, that if the proposed structure were built, it’s diameter would be equal to length of Burj Khalifa laid on its side.  Designed in an attempt to keep the skyline of the city open, the mixed-use mound doubles as roof to protect inhabitants, while using the square footage for rain collection and solar panels. 

Posted at 12:43pm and tagged with: enclosure, roof, urban design, architecture, proposal, rennes, france, sustainable, green space, development,.

Flat Towerby: Yoann Mescam, Paul-Eric SchirrBonnans, and Xavier Schirr-Bonnansin: Rennes, France To channel a cult favorite breakfast cereal jingle, this honeycomb tower’s big… yeah yeah yeah!  it’s not small… no no no!It’s so big, in fact, that if the proposed structure were built, it’s diameter would be equal to length of Burj Khalifa laid on its side.  Designed in an attempt to keep the skyline of the city open, the mixed-use mound doubles as roof to protect inhabitants, while using the square footage for rain collection and solar panels.