Paris’ urban housing difficulties might be overcome once with the erection of the world’s tallest wood building. Part of the Réinventer Paris competition, the carbon-neutral project was designed by Michael Green Architecture (MGA) and DVVD, which made a team with REI France developments, according to International Housing Concepts.
The project was made up focusing on community and includes a 35-storey tower named “Baobab”. The tower is a mix of social housing, together with a student hotel, a bus station, urban agriculture, e-car hub and other facilities, which aim to create some kind of vibrant metropolis and to reach the next era of building.
“Our goal is that through innovation, youthful social contact and overall community building, we have created a design that becomes uniquely important to Paris. Just as Gustave Eiffel shattered our conception of what was possible a century and a half ago, this project can push the envelope of wood innovation with France in the forefront”, said Michael Green, Principal of MGA.
As the MGA stated, buildings out of wood are the best because is the only carbon-neutral building material, which can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, as for the Baobab, the wood products which will be used in its construction, would store around 3,700 metric tons of carbon dioxide.
Photo source: International Housing Concepts
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