Future Tower  | Design competition

Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 2019 | type: mix use. Retail, offices, hotel and residential  | Area site: 2261 sq. M | Total area: 85,000 sq. M approx.

These are some of the design concepts developed during the second stage of the Dubai Future Tower competition.

The studio, chosen by the Future Tower Design Competition committee as the United States representative from a field of 74 participants across 21 countries, advanced alongside nine other contenders to Stage 2 in the design of an 85,000 m² tower in Dubai.

The towers 01, 02 and 03 consists of two interlocked monocoques, one made of concrete and the other of glass whose curvature provides solid load support and a variety of rich spaces due to the mathematical precision of the differentiated Diamond minimal surfaces that were applied to the design. The buildings recycle water from sources such as rooftop rainwater, cooling towers, showers, sinks, and toilets, collected in a centralized water treatment center from which the recycled water recirculates through a separate pipe system going through the concrete monocoque vines to serve irrigation and flushing needs as well as contributing to heat dissipation. These towers break away from conventional polyhedral geometry used for thousands of years in architecture, reaching a fluid balance between mathematical integrity and functional beauty.

The Tower 04  consists of an exoskeleton that distributes the weight load, provides sun-shading, insulation from heat, balconies, and a second skin with pockets for holding green garden modules creating a micro-climate, adjusting oxygen levels and absorbing CO2 emission.  It generates energy as well through the use of solar cells located on the top roof.