Paris garden skyscraper by SOM will be "one of the most sustainable buildings in Europe?
Skidmore Owings and Merrill has proposed a 180-metre skyscraper in Paris that is designed to be zero-energy, and accessible via a garden bridge leading from the River Seine.
The international architecture firm is part of the team that launched a masterplan for the Charenton-Bercy project at property event MIPIM in Cannes this week.
Led by urban developers Bouygues Immoblier UrbanEra, the team also includes global engineering firm AREP, local architects and landscape designers Ateliers 2/3/4/, and community think tank Le Grand Reservoir.
The new tall building will include a mixture of private residential apartments and hotel rooms. Informed by Parisian townhouse typology, each 1.5-storey, loft-style apartment will be entered from the building core via a front garden overlooked by balconies. "As part of a wider environmental strategy, the tower at Charenton-Bercy will become one of the most sustainable buildings in Europe," said Yasemin Kologlu, associate director at SOM. Sustainable design elements will include rainwater harvesting, greywater recycling, and waste-to-energy conversion.
The architecture firm hopes that, once complete, the district will be one of the first projects to be accredited in the WELL Community Standard pilot scheme, which seeks to recognise health-focused and well-integrated communities.
Renders of the Charenton-Bercy tower show the "gardens in the sky" running down the sides of the tower in green bands, linking with a tree-fille...
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