"Stacking this felt fabric reinforces its natural flexibility and satisfies simultaneously the function of a substantial furniture," said the studio.

Programmatically, the hotel floors are stacked below the serviced apartment levels, enabling the core to telescope and creating the architectural "portal" along the north façade.

Vertical farming, beach, mountain range, stadium, redwood forest, housing, and offices—destinations that are normally farther apart, are now stacked vertically.