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The upcoming 134-meter residential tower in Seattle is taking shape as a series of stacked cubes
Courtesy of the Burrard Group / Weber Thompson
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Nexus is a 150-foot stack of twisted cube and an upcoming residential tower planned on the northern edge of downtown Seattle as the city has a shortage of homes for sale amid a thriving rental market. The tower was designed by the local practice Weber Thompson and commissioned by Burrard Development in Vancouver. It has 367 units and 3200 square feet of retail space to offer one of the few residential options in downtown Seattle.
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The entire project was conceived with millennials and urban empty nests in mind, and is conceived as a celebration of technology, with an emphasis on sustainable principles and a new way of life, explains the design team.
Courtesy of the Burrard Group / Weber Thompson
Courtesy of the Burrard Group / Weber Thompson
Formally, the rotations of the stacked cubes differ by a distance of 4 degrees for each box, creating an 8 degree separation between the two. The design aims to achieve a level of perceived dynamism that is enhanced as users circulate through the building and its programs. The space between the rotations serves as a roof garden, which gives the architecture a lot of green and fragments the overall mass.
Courtesy of the Burrard Group / Weber Thompson
Courtesy of the Burrard Group / Weber Thompson
This state of these “sky terraces” enables a number of penthouse levels and surrounding outer decks, as opposed to just one penthouse floor above. “Sculpted erosions” at the corners of these floors create two-story townhouse units that make the floor plan more varied and offer private balconies and transparent living rooms that capture the cityscape.
Courtesy of the Burrard Group / Weber Thompson
Courtesy of the Burrard Group / Weber Thompson
At the base of the tower there are parking spaces above the slope, which also activate corners with micro-units. An interactive, backlit facade responds to the movement of vehicle and pedestrian traffic and compliments the street-level retail options, including a large restaurant that opens onto the street when the weather is nice.
Nexus is currently under construction and should be completed by mid-2019.
News via: Weber Thompson.
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