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People living in male city has a very monotone lifestyle. The existing buildings and public spaces do not give a stimulation that draws peoples attentions during their daily activities. This lifestyle makes people live a solitary life. And the communities to have a low social capital that they can depend on.
The intent is to stimulate the senses by allowing for interactions through an energetic environment. Thus, creating a better social capital within the community.
SITE AREA .
1. 30000 m2 site with an open space in the front and back.
2. Site front is facing the city of male’ and the back is facing sea side.
3. Sides curved out strategically to allow natural light to enter the build ing and make it more lively. Total build up area after cut out is 1842 m2.
Communal areas
4. All units are arranged in a way that each unit can get access to ether the sea view or the cityscape view.
5. Communal areas placed in between apartments to improve visual connections and sunlight reachability.
6. Balcony's area is extended differently in each floor. Due to different layout of each floor.
7. Kinetic solar panel facade incorporated to the outer walls. Water collected from the roof to water the plants.
Blow up - 3
Voids in the building allow for much easier ventilation and also allows natural light to enter all the levels of the building.
Water storage unit that collects water from the roof and transfers to planter box in all the levels through an irrigation system
Each floors balcony are a cantilevered in a different distance depending on the roof of the floor below.
Blow up - 2
Blow up - 1
6m Height ground floor to create a lofty open feeling.
Ground floor made to a public domain where people can interact and relax
Tempered glass railing bolted to the slabs
Children can gather and play in the communal spaces
Shear walls in all the residential levels so that due to columns not much view is lost.
Lifts acts as cores that keeps the building stable
Columns that support cantilevered balcony
First and fourth floor slabs thicker to hold more structural weight.