French architect Nicolas Laisnè has contributed to the Venice Architecture Biennale with a concept for high-rise buildings that combine live and workspaces, indoor and outdoor rooms, and various degrees of privacy.
One Open Tower explores how a new breed of tall buildings could help cities become better places to live, giving occupants greater flexibility in their environments, access to nature, and opportunities to interact with one other.
One Open Tower is a concept for a hybrid high-rise
Described by Nicolas Laisné Associés as an "allegory" rather than a specific proposal, the concept features a vertical structure where residential and workspace overlap, and outdoor spaces are as integral as indoor spaces.
Laisnè believes this approach to architecture is better suited to today's lifestyles, where the boundaries between home and work environments are increasingly blurred. The concept combines live and workspaces and indoor and outdoor rooms
"Functions of buildings are changing a lot right now," explains Laisnè in a video produced ahead of the exhibition. "These are not just working spaces or living spaces. There are co-working, co-living, urban farming, a lot of new uses."
"And so these two types of building slowly come closer and closer to each other," he said. "And I think now, we could adapt these buildings to every function that we need."
The project draws from Anis, a flexible office building with outdoor work...