October 2010
The 'vessels' of residential apartments now penetrate through the sky, freeing up the ground plane and allowing open-space, retail, 'improptu commercialism' and entertainment. The solid mass of the typical building is dematerialised to allow porosity (physical, environmental, social, light) to prevail. The vertical towers act as structure for the horizontal vessels and are large enough to be programmed as community activators such as a library, clinic, gym, daycare, pub etc. The solid void relationship seen at the macro scale is translated into the micro scale through the use of courtyards in each apartment, and walkways penetrating though those open spaces.
