Stories Residential Building

Contributors, Densities, Energy and sustainability, Formats, High Density, Olaf Gipser Architects, Project, Technology and fabrication, Topics.

Alternative Domesticity, Amsterdam, Architecture&climate, Carbon-emissions, Collective housing, Cross Laminated Timber, Healthy city, Optimized living, Prefabrication, Project, Sustainable, The Netherlands, Urban environment.

In 2021, Olaf Gipser Architects completed the innovative collective self-build “Stories” project in Amsterdam. Built largely from timber with a negative carbon balance, deploying open building principles in order to assure longevity, and combining human and non-human habitats, the 45-meter-high green tower addresses the challenge of communal, high-density, sustainable and healthy urban living.