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Artist impression.
(Source: amazingarchitecture.com)
Artist impression.
(Source: amazingarchitecture.com)
THE FLUIDITY 2.0 HIGH-RISE to blend in with the Swiss Alps
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he Fluidity 2.0 High-Rise is a mega luxury hotel and office hybrid tower, created to integrate and complement the Swiss Alps landscape with a new “organic” architecture. Designed by Mariana Cabugueira Custodio dos Santos, an architect and urban designer from Portugal, the tower stands at 250 metres in height and boasts 1,200 square metres of average floor area. The magnifient tower aims to blend its twirling form and open-air spaces with the surrounding Swiss landscape. The highrise’s iconic semi-open levels on the ground floor span over the surrounding nature with the goal to extend the green and fresh environment to the upper levels of the luxury Hotel and office. The first five storeys serve as multi-level public lobbies, namely the reception areas; open-air meeting rooms; bars; and a library. These public areas are semi-open to the surrounding
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landscape, framing the Alp’s mountains with an arching tower facade and stretching across the ground pools and green drop-off areas. The panoramic lifts are the centrepiece of these five openair floors, connecting all public ground and top level, offering a 360-degree view from the Tower Core to the Swiss Alps. The Tower is split by four main core units, symmetrically disposed and connected by a mega twirling glass facade. The twisting facade is supported by a metal space frame structure, arching on each four entrances, and subsequently tied to the tower vertical main structure. The top of the tower displays a three-storey-high sky garden and winter terraces, with colours and flowers flourishing all year around and a high-end restaurant. (Source: amazingarchitecture.com)
