1 :THE TOWER : PACKAGE OR PLACE ?

A Tower is an efficient use of territory. The Tower diagram is usually a convenient way in which to optimise structure and servicing.

But the Tower should be more : it should be a PLACE, identifiable, characterful, enjoyable.

The Tirana Tower is offered as a studied, buildable consequence of a lifetime of Tower

propositions -stemming from notions of ‘place’ reinforced by Piercy Company’s ongoing expertise and delivery of office and mixed-use buildings.

2: THE TOWER : MARKER OR LIVING ORGANISM ?

Tirana - a vibrant, upswinging city will identify through its towers and its boulevards : the latter can take on life , but the towers ? Can they be more than useable obelisks ? Can they surely become living pieces of city that explore the vertical – or even break up the vertical into a series of events – just as the boulevards  can be peppered by kiosks, cafes. theatres, event spaces ?

3: THE TOWER - SUSTAINING AND PULSATING 

Cannot the Tower be both a container and a device for ameliorating the inconveniences of climate and of urban stress ? Cannot the Tower respond to the day-night cycle, seasonal cycle, work-rest-play cycle ? Therefore the Tower can have flexible, replaceable territories – ready to be interpreted as variable dynamic space.

THE TOWER : CELEBRATING AND ACCOMMODATING 

Straightforward provision of efficient space is of course an a-priori. Yet interspersed with straightforward stacks are RESORTS : the breakout from the basic accommodation into CELEBRATORY decks that are dedicated to escape or event . 

THE TOWER IN DIALOGUE WITH THE CITY

How about a Tower that is so intriguing, so active, so much a ‘the city reaching upwards’ that that it becomes a destination in itself. Seducing envious interest from observers in the other towers ? Attracting  visitors whilst still giving the regular workers and inhabitants the ‘full deal in space, organisation and amenity .