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Nantes Vegetal Tower

This building is situated in the future eco-neighborhoods in Nantes. The mixed-use project consists of

a base of shops and parking, on top of which is a black rubber cube housing offices and a residential

tower, 18 stories high. The tower consists of a main body ringed by elliptical balconies, which vary

from floor to floor to form a giant organic silhouette. The tower is the support for a collection of plants

coming from the botanical gardens of Nantes. These plants have been collected by scientists from the

whole world and frozen. The building will show the plant collection of the city. The originality of the

plantation is to grow in long stainless steel tubes, which recreate the natural conditions of the plants

that grow in rocky mountain flaws. The impact of the tubes on the balconies is minimal. On the other

hand, they form vertical dynamic lines on the façades.

Photos: Courtesy of the architectsFranceNantes2014Mixed-useEdouard Françoisk k k k k k