2024-11-08T04:12:24-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150154947/60-story-passive-house-tower-unveiled-for-vancouver Antonio Pacheco 2019-08-26T13:30:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/15/150d8f8522addc8bf0376e83e7e0bc71.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://hensondevelopments.com/" target="_blank">Henson Developments</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://wkkarchitects.com/" target="_blank">WKK</a>, and <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150059062/ibi-group" target="_blank">IBI Group</a> have unveiled designs for a 60-story Passive House tower slated for downtown Vancouver. If completed as designed, the wavy tower could become the tallest Passive House building in the world.&nbsp;</p> <p>The tower, according to renderings published by <a href="https://www.narcity.com/real-estate/ca/bc/vancouver/proposed-passive-house-vancouver-building-could-be-the-tallest-in-the-entire-world" target="_blank">Narcity</a>, is defined by billowing, double-curved geometries that frame a series of inset loggia spaces. Wrapped in repeating horizontal bands that alternate between solid cladding and glass, the tower is designed to produce no operating emissions and is proposed as part of the city's <a href="https://council.vancouver.ca/20160712/documents/rr2.pdf" target="_blank">Zero Emissions Building Plan</a>, a 2016 agreement that aims to eliminate operating emissions for all new buildings by 2030.</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/de/ded96d162f6a4bf5668bda12ceb6836e.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/de/ded96d162f6a4bf5668bda12ceb6836e.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>View of the tower's lower areas. Image courtesy of Henson Developments.</figcaption></figure></figure><p>According to <a href="https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/1075nelson/index.htm" target="_blank">previously submitted documentation</a> for the building, the tower's exterior facades are divided equally in terms of surface area between glazed and unglazed surfaces, with unglazed wall components made up of "super-insulated walls...</p>