Case study 4.

Cluster

Diameter 25m-30m x 15 storeys

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Overlapping of uses

* Basement level: parking, storage, cellar, utilities

* Ground level: businesses and quiet workshops

* First-third upper levels: services

* Fourth-12th upper levels: residential and service units

* 13th-14th upper levels: penthouse residential units

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Repairing cities

Round towers can be used individually or in groups within existing structures to redensify suburban space. They can also serve as important focal points in rural areas blighted by urban sprawl.

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Variability of forms The study demonstrates that the PILE UP concept, which initially might appear restrictive, can be used with the most complex and varied of building forms, as well as with round towers.

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