Project Narrative
A single stone column of eight different types of rock – ranging from dense granite at the bottom to a soft marble at the top – form a totem pole to gravity at the heart of the open space. An open stair ricochets from level to level all the way from the basement to the penthouse.
Intro / Hero
“THE IDEA BEHIND LEAPP IS AN ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE AS A RENAISSANCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY BODY OF PEOPLE AND KNOWLEDGE - LEAPP BEING THE ACRONYM FOR LANDSCAPE, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, PRODUCT, AND PLANNING. EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF LEAPP HAS BEEN INVOLVED I
A SERIES OF HALF FLOOR PLATES OVERLAP TO CREATE A CASCADING ENVIRONMENT OF INTERCONNECTED LEVELS THAT UNITE THE ENTIRE SEVEN-STOREY BUILDING VISUALLY AND PHYSICALLY INTO A SINGLE SPACE. THE FLOOR PLATES ARE CARRIED BY 20-M-LONG CONCRETE BEAMS STACKED ON T
EACH FLOOR HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO A BALCONY CONNECTED TO THE BALCONY ABOVE AND BELOW, FORMING A CONTINUOUS RIBBON OF OUTDOOR SPACES, SPIRALING FROM THE ROOF TO THE QUAYSIDE LIKE A MOUNTAIN PATH. THE RIBBON DOUBLES AS THE ADDITIONAL FIRE ESCAPE FREEING UP TH
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