Comments on: Residential Tower / Meir Lobaton + Kristjan Donaldson

By: Mark Magazine #21 | ArchDaily

Mark Magazine #21 | ArchDaily — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:08:52 +0000

[...] the Planetarium by Saucier + Perrote Architectes, the Museo Tamayo by Michel Rojkind + BIG, the Cuajimalpa Tower by Meir Lobaton + Kristjan Donaldson, or The Tolerant City Masterplan by ADEPT + Schonherr landscape. Practices also included on this [...]

By: Remington

Remington — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:44:36 +0000

at first impression, looks good, i liked it and totally agree with JLBurke

By: architte

architte — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:35:59 +0000

This is one of the most common problems in architecture… concepts being realized without ever consulting a landscape architect! Having worked in both fields, I know that a tree as large as they are showing would need a min. 2m deep planter box, to have a chance for healthy growth, which is where the structural loading issues come in… I’ve done large(4m x 2m deep!) tree boxes on structure, but they require major support, pretty much their own column beneath.. good luck on a cantilever.
That said, I love the idea of including more private outdoor space for high rise resi, i wish i had a balcony that big! :)

By: Una torre ecológica en la Ciudad de México | MinadeMás

Una torre ecológica en la Ciudad de México | MinadeMás — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:28:56 +0000

[...] Kristjan Donaldson acaban de anunciar su proyecto residencial para ciudad de México: una torre de 36 pisos de apartamentos con un gran jardín externo en cada uno. Los apartamentos de 400m2 por piso se van alternando según distintas orientaciones en [...]

By: sullka

sullka — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:21:08 +0000

@DUSTIN:

It’s called a “private elevator”, nothing new in resd. buildings.

@Most of the others:

Get over it people, renders are meant to sell the idea, they just photoshopped some random cool looking trees and that’s it.

At the end, those terraces would be just grass with bushes, maybe small palms, etc, maybe it won’t be glass railings all around, but concrete railings, that would give you atleast 90 cm or 1 m worth of depth to fill in with soil and plant a small tree.

By: Waffle 2000

Waffle 2000 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:50:15 +0000

C’mon folks.

These 90° rotating floor plans are way cooler than 56 leonard’s ‘falling out the sky” approach. Well, I do like the video…

http://cdx.dexigner.com/article/17786/56%20Leonard.mov

And yeah, trees can grow in rocks along a river, so they just need stability not depth.

By: gggg

gggg — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:39:13 +0000

@ JuanLuisBurke

If you think you grow any kind of trees with the depth
of that slab, you are crazy…especially at the scale
the architects are proposing. bushes, ground cover yes.
Trees yeah right. I don’t even think they would withstand
the wind loads if they did grow.
the renderings are very convincing though.

By: Torre Residencial con ÁRBOLES en sus terrazas | Meir Lobaton+Kristjan Donaldson

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:14:53 +0000

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By: David Basulto [tricky]

David Basulto [tricky] — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:22:40 +0000

This photo is from a building in the same city:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtercero/2958847872/

By: Gatz

Gatz — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:08:10 +0000

If I ever move there, I promise, will cut the bonsai.