Students in high-rise: Aspects influencing the design of tall timber buildings

Tall timber buildings are of growing interest worldwide and also in the Netherlands. With the introduction of CLT, higher timber buildings are possible compared to traditional timber frame housing. Tall timber buildings can be made as modular buildings or as buildings with a CLT or concrete core and a timber wall/column-floor system that can...

EU Tower; a high-rise building for the European Union in Brussels

The project is a mixed use high-rise building for the European Union to come up in the European quarter of Brussels. It is a part of the original master plan for the Rue de la Loi by Christian Potzamparc to improve the public experience on the avenue. The design exercise aims at looking into the issues generated by contemporary high-rise...