There's a bit of controversy going around about Dutch architect MVRDV's
design for a residential environment in South Korea. Some people are
concerned about the resemblance of
MVRDV's "Cloud" to a twin towers explosion.
Yes, it is a 9-11 lookalike but it's not meant to be - it's a cloud -
and an ingenious reinvention of the skyscraper using glass and sky and
light and sun.
The Cloud building comprises two luxury high-rise residential towers -
one 54 floors and 260 meters, the other 60 floors and 300 meters - and
halfway up, there's a cloud of architecture ten floors deep, spanning
both buildings and beyond.
The space is so large that it can take the shopping, services and
space that is normally underneath a residential complex (services,
shared areas, etc) and relocate it in a more convenient form, closer to
its users.
This makes space at ground floor level for public gardens. Instead of
a concrete obstacle in the center of the community, there's a park,
thereby creating a radically different ambiance for the building's
immediate surroundings for all.
Inside the cloud's 14,357square meter volume, there's a huge
connecting atrium, which is bathed in light at different times of the
day by the use of angled and carefully positioned - a kaleidoscope very
attuned to nature and envisaged to be still and calming.
The cloud contains all the services you'd normally expect at ground
level plus lifestyle services in keeping with the nature of the
building, such as a wellness centre, conference center, fitness studio,
various pools, restaurants and cafes.
In addition to the retail and top of the cloud are a series of
public and private outside spaces, patios, decks, gardens and pools.
Underneath, glass floors can be used for other purposes.
The outer surfaces of the cloud are going to the most expensive parts
as they will have some of the most spectacular views - large common
areas, cafes and restaurants and 9,000 square meters of Office-Hotel are
planned.
Similarly, some of the more luxurious 260 square meter apartments
imaginable will be thereabouts too. Normally, the amount of square
footage available on top of a skyscraper is limited. The cloud design
multiplies the amount of rooftop real estate by several orders of
magnitude, creating very high priced real estate.
These areas atop the cloud will contain apartments of immense luxury
with complete seclusion and privacy, just metres away from a vibrant
community.
Private apartments above and beneath the cloud will include massive balconies, double height ceilings, pools and gardens.
Alternatively, the top floors of both towers are penthouse apartments of 1200m2 with private roof gardens.
Tennant parking is underground, each tower is accessed via a grand
lobby and dedicated express elevators take people into the cloud from
the parking area inside a few seconds. A metro train station is five
minutes walk.
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