What: Torres Blancas
Built by: Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
When: 1968
Where: Madrid, Spain
Visited: May 2013
Built by: Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
When: 1968
Where: Madrid, Spain
Visited: May 2013
The aggregation of individual apartment units is controlled by the structural and circulation cores, vertically directing the cellular growth of the Torres Blancas. Repetition and mirroring are the primary modi operandi.
Disregarding the over-sized cylinders at the top of the Torres Blancas (a clumsy way to end the endless vertical repetition and give the building 'a top'), the images below illustrate the infinite growth and aggregation that are already implied in the project. The cylindrical apartment units are mirrored and repeated to form an endless undulating 'living wall'.
Thank you.
All images taken and post-processed by Miroslava Brooks.
