Portuguese studio OODA has revealed a skyscraper made up of 13 staggered dice volumes as its design for the Hora Vertikale residential improvement in Tirana.
Scheduled to interrupt floor in spring 2024, the 140-metre-tall constructing will embrace residences stacked over a park with public facilities.
Situated within the Albanian capital, OODA needs the constructing to interact the area people and described it as “a singular vertical village set amidst a big inexperienced metropolis”.
The studio designed 13 cubes, in seven variations, for the constructing that every measure 22.5 metres by 22.5 metres and 7 tales tall – the everyday top of buildings in Tirana, based on the studio.
Three rows of three cubes will kind the bottom of the constructing, with some set aside and barely rotated to kind slender gaps. Two side-by-side cubes will sit on prime, adopted by two singular  to kind a constructing that’s six cubes tall.
Some cubes can have gridded facades with common window openings, whereas others can have protruding blocks and rounded components.
The uppermost dice will function angular balconies supported by columns punctuating the perimeter.
“Every dice embodies a singular idea associated to artwork and can be impressed by the native vernacular,” stated OODA.
OODA claims the constructing will likely be produced from supplies domestically sourced from Albania, intending to scale back its carbon footprint and help native companies.
“The result’s a constructing that leaves a long-lasting influence on each metropolis guests and people who stay there,” stated the studio.
The constructing was designed to have a placing impression on the panorama, with a staggered blocky exterior that has a definite look from all angles.
“From a distance, the constructing presents distinct elevations and perceptions from completely different views across the metropolis,” stated OODA.
“Up shut, the idea’s playful interaction reveals its secrets and techniques, and the compositions step again from the principle highway in the direction of the park on the rear, creating essentially the most ample transition when it comes to scale.”
Hora Vertikale is the newest high-profile skyscraper with a particular design set to be inbuilt Tirana, following Chybik + Kristof’s design for a cascading tower produced from purple concrete.
MVRDV has additionally revealed plans for a skyscraper within the metropolis, which can have a silhouette modelled on the bust of the outstanding Albanian historic determine Gjergj Kastrioti.
With workplaces primarily based in Porto and Lisbon, OODA was established in 2010 and is led by companions Diogo Brito, Francisco Lencastre, João Jesus, Julião Pinto Leite and Rodrigo Vilas-Boas.
The studio has beforehand renovated a ceramic-tiled constructing in Porto into 14 residences and collaborated with Kengo Kuma to transform a slaughterhouse right into a cultural centre.
The photographs are by Plomp.
