How to provide an identity to a tower in the city center of Monaco? How to maintain contact with the historical scale of the city, its legendary hills, and its exceptional waterfront? How to give the tower an original character while responding to functional and economic requirements?

Characterized by its three distinct volumes and two articulating spaces, the Tower intends to contribute to the dynamism of the Principality of Monaco as well as to the history of contemporary architecture. Monaco is a city of extremes. Between its rugged topography and its picturesque landscape, the city has been built up to take advantage of both the sights and the economic realities of our time. more

In this context, we proposed a 21st-century tower for the city, its inhabitants, its visitors, and its image. The result is not a simple vertical structure. Thanks to two spectacular platforms or "Skydecks," the Tower’s elegant silhouette is articulated into three distinct volumes. At its base, the podium welcomes visitors into a luxurious hall that leads to a volume of offices topped by the first Skydeck (accessible through a public elevator), whose suspended garden celebrates King Albert I. A second volume houses apartments with loggias. On the upper Skydeck, a restaurant with a 360-degree panoramic terrace offers an exceptional city view. The last volume contains high-end panoramic apartments. back

Credits

SCHEDULE
Private Commission (unbuilt), 2015
SIZE
430,500 sq. feet (40,000 m2)
BUDGET
$150 M
CLIENT
Sete
TEAM
Lead Designer: Bernard Tschumi. Key personnel: Joel Rutten, Pierre-Yves Kuhn, Pedro Camara, Jerome Haferd, Nianlai Zhong, Cecil Barnes, Clement Laurencio
Engineers: Arup (Ray Quinn, David Farnsworth, Michelle Roelofs)
Perspectives: By Encore (Guillaume Paturel)
Cost Estimator: BMF back

Program: Housing, Offices