Photography by Laurian Ghinitoiu, Courtesy of OMA
Architecture firm OMA have recently completed The Innovationen Tower, the first building of the two Norra Tornen residential towers that are located in Hagastaden, a new district in the north of Stockholm.
Image courtesy of OMA; photography by Ossip van Duivenbode
The tower, which stands at a height of 125 meters (410 feet), is the highest residential building in Stockholm’s city center, and uses a modular system of precast exposed concrete elements.
Photography by Laurian Ghinitoiu, Courtesy of OMA
In a country with scarce daylight for half of the year, extra square meters of windows and multiple orientations for each apartment were included in the design, giving the occupants the maximum amount of daylight possible.
Photography by Laurian Ghinitoiu, Courtesy of OMA
The alternating bay windows and recessed terraces in the design of the tower are a tribute to Brutalist architecture.
Image courtesy of OMA; photography by Ossip van Duivenbode
The facade of the tower is made from a colored concrete ribbed surface, brushed with an exposed multi-colored aggregate pebble mix.
Photography by Laurian Ghinitoiu (top and bottom photo) and Ossip van Duivenbode (middle photo); Courtesy of OMA
Architect: OMA / Reinier de Graff | Concept – Associate: Alex de Jong – Team: Philippe Braun, Diana Cristobal, Roza Matveeva, Edward Nicholson, Peter Rieff, Carolien Schippers | Competition – Associate: Alex de Jong – Team: Alexander Giarlis, Timur Karimullin, Vladimir Konovalov, Edward Nicholson, Victor Nyman, Vitor Oliveira, Cecilia Del Pozo, John Paul Pacelli, Peter Rieff, Carolien Schippers | Design Development – Associates in charge: Alex de Jong, Michel van de Kar – Team: Isa Olson Ehn, Tobias Jewson, Edward Nicholson, Peter Rieff, Silvia Sandor, Lukasz Skalec, Jonathan Telkamp