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Chandelier-like El Warrak Cairo Trio Tower concept promotes a greener future

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Created as a collaborative effort between Mans-Our Studio, WHM Design, Wahag Studio and designer Mohamed Sarha, the El Warrak Cairo Trio Tower concept takes the principles behind urban planning to a completely new level. The project builds itself around the notion that instead of having a horizontal span of buildings, urban space can be better utilized by building skyscrapers and towers which would allow the natural surrounding of a city to be retained unharmed.

Like any other metropolis in the world, the city of Cairo also has expanded its skyline manifold in the last few decades, which may be a sign of the natural progress of the country, but has in some way contributed to the diminishing of the natural environment that exited in its stead before.

By taking the growth of human settlement in the vertical plane, the project allows much land to be freed around the city to be covered in natural foliage and forestry. The project focuses primarily on the EL Warrak Island located near Cairo. The island has been developed in the recent year as an urban extension to the nation’s capital. One of the biggest islands along the Nile, the island has been taken over by residential projects and resorts that have upped the monetary value of the surrounding land but negatively affected the ecological surroundings of the island itself.

The island had served as the green belt for the capital before purifying the air of the metropolis. The El Warrak Cairo Trio Tower concept looks to prevent the showcase and preserve the natural environment of the island while providing a modern urban space that would offer a panoramic view of the area.

The crystal chandelier-like structure of the trio tower features a main spiral that holds the entire building in place structurally and aesthetically. By having a city hub in a circular shape, the surrounding area will also be developed in a similar way providing cohesion to remote areas of the island within the city’s development model.

The circular shape also provides the building substantial resistance against the wind that would improve the ventilation inside the structure and can also be harnessed and converted into electric power. Strategic ventilation system can also use the lower wind temperature found at the higher ends of the tower to provide cooling throughout the building.

Via: Behance

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