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Architecture 481, 2021: Quarter Block Tower Design

Black Rose was my first Skyscraper design challenge for a class, and what really reinvigorated my fire for architecteure. The mission was to design a luxury Skyscraper within a quater block lot. The site was in downtown Portland, and in the site vignette to the right, Black Rose is suppose to be a rose on the face of the city.

Architecture 481, 2021: Quarter Block Tower Design

Black Rose

I was thrilled to design a skyscraper for luxury apartments in the constraints of a quarter block area. For my design, I based it on the form of a Rose, since the project was in Portland; also known as the Rose City. I called my project the Black Rose as you can see in the title page, and it is built to exfoliate beauty to the city. The intent of its crown was to help distinguish it in the skyline, as well as adding a flower to the the beauty of Portland and her urban context. The Vignette on the bottom was to present the challenge that I had in front of myself of approaching a design analogous to a rose, while the render next to is shows the results to my labor.