(lakeside apartments)
// apartment buildings in masterplan
// cobe architects
// apartment buildings in masterplan
// cobe architects
In the development called Tours and Taxis in the industrial area of Brussels is a masterplan by MVRDV for a new urban housing block. Cobe was commissioned by the client to design two of these new apartment buildings, one 6-story timber building and one 22-story tower. I worked with the team from early schematic design through phase two of design development to configure massing based on masterplan criteria, design unit layout, create iterations for facade studies and research potential material selections.
final visualization by max neumeister
22-Story Tower
massing diagrams
concept diagrams
massing diagrams
concept diagrams
a key design challenge for this building was making the scale of this tower relate to its surroundings as one of the tallest new additions to the housing block. We imagined that breaking up the building into a base, body and crown would help and provide stepped terraces and a vertical hierarchy to this large structure.
profile studies
How does the arc of the horizontal impact the facade?
How does the arc of the horizontal impact the facade?
principle facade details
6-Story Timber Building
concept diagrams structural grid + rich materiality + balcony framework -> activated & green facade
final visualization by max neumeister
concept diagrams structural grid + rich materiality + balcony framework -> activated & green facade
final visualization by max neumeister
Balcony Studies
In this building an important element of the design are the balconies. They are held in place by an outer skeletal frame. We did many studies to test the relationship between the units and the balconies and how that lines up with the structural frame.
Balcony Placement Studies
One of my tasks for this building was investigating where to place the balconies in relation to the interior unit layout and structural grid.
One of my tasks for this building was investigating where to place the balconies in relation to the interior unit layout and structural grid.
typical floor plan