a tower for pleasure

The handrail shifts inwards and outwards depending on how the curtain hangs above it, and the more exposed part of the stair might start to erode and weather, marking the effects of water and time.

The changing width of the stairs and the translucency of the steel curtain allows for views that extend all the way down to the ground level, providing visual interest within the tower rather than having to rely on a view outward.

At some points, the curtain is directly attached to the handrail, which gives a more structured form to the steel mesh. The attachments between materials creates a way for the curtains to not just act as a facade, but to more directly shape space, and allows water to act more as a part of the architecture, rather than as an occupant moving through it.

Facade mesh

Aluminum extrusion

Edge 01 : Water Retention

Rain water harvest

Aluminum post

Edge 02 : Water Runoff

Steel channel

Rain pipe

Channels in the ground guide the flow of water, some of which moves out to the edge of the slab and down, and some of which instead moves inward to meet the channel under the handrail, continuing downwards along the interior of the tower.

Where there isn’t a curtain, the channel is covered by a steel grate, which also creates another visual marker of how the water flows.