Due to population growth and need for functional and spatial diversity cities have become higher and higher. Reaching high altitudes buildings step into extreme environmental conditions. For this reason, this proposal is inspired by marine animals (octopus, jellyfish, squid, sea sponge and anemone) that live in a difficult natural environment. This way, adaptive characteristics of sea inhabitants (transparency, flexibility, movement, protective pigmentation) become outlines for building's shape and envelope achieving environmental integration by using nature's resources (sun, air flow,... >>>

The sustainable residential towers for the people of Leiden, The Netherlands will be built along the Willem de Zwijgerlaan. The ambitious project will not only provide a diverse range of housing for a multigenerational population, but also express the future of sustainable urbanization in the city of Leiden. >>>