2024-05-18T06:35:06-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150142718/sou-fujimoto-s-eye-catching-apartment-tower-l-arbre-blanc-is-a-cantilevered-spectacle Katherine Guimapang 2019-06-21T20:51:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c5/c57d031357bc978136daef2a71222233.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>When the project was <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/95060128/winning-team-chosen-to-build-2nd-architectural-folie-of-the-21st-century-in-montpellier" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">first announced in 2014</a>, many waited in anticipation as renderings of L'Arbre Blanc <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/13351/tower" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tower</a> surfaced. The 17-story tower is said to be modeled after the shape of a tree with balconies 'branching out' from the cylindrical shaped building. Located in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/364087/montpellier" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Montpellier, France</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/186084/sou-fujimoto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sou Fujimoto</a> was joined by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dezeen.com/tag/nicolas-laisne-associes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicolas Laisn&eacute;</a>, Dimitri Roussel, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dezeen.com/tag/oxo-architectes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OXO Architectes</a>&nbsp;to complete the project.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e5/e5b3931a85c2be3f78472e96c51d1b41.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e5/e5b3931a85c2be3f78472e96c51d1b41.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>L'Arbre Blanc by Sou Fujimoto in collaboration with Nicolas Laisn&eacute;, Dimitri Roussel and OXO Architectes. Image &copy; Cyrille Weiner</figcaption></figure><p>With the 113 apartment tower fully constructed, it has stayed true to its renderings. According to the project's press release, Fujimoto and his team aimed at recreating the idea of a tower while paying attention to the local lifestyles of the people of Montpellier. The eye-catching details of the cantilevered balconies help create a changing perspective depending on the viewer's angle, sun positioning, and viewpoint. The cantilevered balconies not only aide in the visu...</p>