THREE TREES
TIRANA
TIRANA
ALBANIA, 2025
TOWER
PR–653
Like a grove carved into the Albanian sky, Three Trees rises in the heart of Tirana as an organic and majestic presence.
GALLERY
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PROGRAM
Three intertwined towers, housing respectively a residential tower, a hotel tower, and a mixed-use tower dedicated to retail, exhibition spaces, an arts foundation, and restaurants.
DETAIL
Situation
Scanderberg Square, Tirana, Albania
Year
2024
Status
International competition
Site area
5 000 m²
Built-up area
165 000 m²
Height
300 m
Project management
TDT & Partners sh. p. k., Tirana
Project implementation
Dominique Perrault Architecte
Associate architect
iRI architecture
Design offices
ARUP, PWP
DESCRIPTION
Located on the edge of Scanderberg Square, this vertical triptych draws inspiration from the ancient wisdom of the olive tree, forging an intimate connection between natural heritage and urban density. Designed for a site constrained by an irregular geometry and ambitious density, the project breaks away from the conventional model of a single tower to propose a tree-like composition.
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Three intertwined architectural columns rise from the ground like the trunks of a single tree. Each serves a specific purpose—residential, hotel, and commercial—and rises to varying heights, reaching a maximum of 300 meters.
Their biomorphic silhouettes, both supple and assertive, reveal a vast void at their heart: an urban clearing. A true covered, porous, and open-air gallery, accessible day and night, this green public space—inspired by Mediterranean arcades—opens onto the city and transforms the building’s base into a vibrant civic stage.
The materiality of Three Trees, dominated by planted loggias and vibrant facades, fosters a constant dialogue between interior and exterior. Capturing the shifting light of the Mediterranean and the reflections of Mount Tirana, the complex becomes a living prism, an urban landmark in perpetual transformation, both rooted in its territory and open to the horizon. Neither a single tower nor a simple juxtaposition of towers, Three Trees offers a new vision of urban verticality: that of a collective organism, rooted in the city’s soil and reaching toward the future.
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