What makes a buiding Iconic?
The client brief required the tower to have an ‘iconic’
presence for visitors as well as passersby from the adjacent highway. What makes a building ‘iconic’?
The building includes a tower so that it has an iconic presence from afar while creating a natural heirarchy. At the
same time it has a linear, horizontal courtyard type layout
that can facilitate greater interaction, integrated landscape
and a climate responsive design.
Visibility
Scale, Frontage, Context,
Location
Profile
Shape, Form, Silhouette
Details
Workmanship, Refinement,
Precision, Material
Organizing the requirements
A Office/ Individual Work
B Formal Collaboration
C Informal Collaboration
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Greater Sub-division
& Greater Privacy
Open Plan
& Greater Interaction
‘Courtyard’ building:
Greater interaction, Shaded courtyards, Integrated landscape
The ‘Tower’:
Iconic form, Greater presence,
Natural distribution of Heirarchies
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