Toronto and the beanstalk! - Yanko Design

"Our cities are a assembly of steel, physical and glass," says Penda partner Chris Precht. "If you lot walk through the city and all of a sudden see a tower fabricated of wood and plants, information technology will create an interesting contrast." He couldn't be more right. We've seen how attracting vertical forests are. A building devoted to being a celebration of everything natural would make a keen urban every bit well equally ecological landmark. That's what Penda's Toronto Tower aims at being.

Designed to be built using a modular system of wooden alive-able unite (the GIF above explains it all), the Toronto Tower when completed will stand at 62 meters high, with 4500 sq.m. of residential space and extra infinite for public spaces like cafes or daycare centers. Each housing unit would also be domicile to a large number of plants and copse growing in private gardens that are a function of each and every residential unit. These individual units would be made from CLT (cross-laminated timber) and would exist built off-site and brought to the site for stacking in its unique format. Penda favors this method of construction since it is faster, quieter, uses less waste, is more than environmentally friendly, and adds a dash of warmth and life to an otherwise common cold, concrete-and-glass skyline!

Designers: Chris Precht (Penda) & Timber.