Downtown America

High Density, Ibai Rigby, Survey, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms

Active Public Spaces, High-rise, Megacities & High Density, Photographic Atlas of the Cities, Photography, Survey, Territory, Urban Form Repertoire, Urban Paradigms, USA

The 360º View Tower represents the end and the beginning of the Brossette block. Seen from the Loire River, its volume heralds all the elements that will be developed thereafter across the site. Conversely, when viewed from the south, this architecture will complete a succession of spaces and connections that will give the Brossette city block its character. The net volume imagined in the beginning had very quickly to be enlarged and adjusted. This involved a design that took into account the trees, the perspective from the main axis of the site, the dialog with the system of variable heights of the other buildings, and its role as a landmark.