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| V TOWER LOCATION: DENVER, CO : YEAR: 2011 : UNIT COUNT: 240 : RESIDENCE AREA: 426,640 SF (INCLUDES LARGE BALCONIES) : CAFE AND RESTAURANT SPACE AT GRADE: 13,000 SF : RAISED PARK: 31,840 SF RETAIL: 45,529 SF : AMENITY SPACE: 9,168 SF : PARKING: 68,406 SF V Tower is a
residential high rise positioned atop of a base volume of retail,
restaurant, cafe, and parking. The project establishes a new 'ground'
plane above this volume by providing residents with an urban park
occupying the full dimensions of the site and building footprint,
creating a sense that the tower is built at grade, with an adjacent park
separately occupied from the building. Among the amenities provided at
this level is a generous open area of grass, a pool, and community
garden. | Planned
for Denver, CO, the climate is semi-arid with minimal
precipitation during hot summers. City regulations do not
currently allow for the collection and storage of rainwater, instead
requiring property owners to purchase their water. In response, V Tower
utilizes an innovative irrigation strategy with water collection coming
from alternative sources, including condensation from unit air
conditioners, and condenser dryers which pass moist dryer air through a
heat exchanger to extract water. These sources are gravity fed from the
tower to a storage tank and used for irrigation, distributed by a
lattice work of piping constructed above the park and community
garden. Rainwater from the tower's balconies bypasses the storage
tank and is routed through this piping as well. The park
serves as a purification filter before the water is returned to
the City. At the base of the tower, the parking structure, retail, and restaurant spaces are wrapped in a lattice structure, shading the facade during summer months while allowing visual transparency and light penetration to the interior spaces. The lattice supports vinery where enclosing the garage, providing a more appealing appearance in those areas and allowing air flow through the structure. |  |  |  |  Irrigation Diagram |