Monolith In Historical Surroundings

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2024 Author: David Durham | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-09 00:52

The 23-storey TID building was planned back in the early 2000s, when the current Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama was the mayor of Tirana. It became famous for its energetic measures to revitalize the urban environment in the capital of the country after the desolation and chaotic activity of the 1990s. Among other things, he planned to build two parallel rows of skyscrapers, of which only two buildings were realized, including the TID tower. It houses a hotel with 190 rooms, and two additional volumes at the base are occupied by commercial space.

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1/3 TID Tower Photo © Stefano Graziani
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2/3 TID Tower Photo © Stefano Graziani
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3/3 TID Tower Photo © Stefano Graziani

TID is clearly visible when entering the city along a key highway: from this point it appears along with the Skanderbeg monument, the Efem Bey mosque, the clock tower and

the tomb of Kaplan Pasha, for the sake of preserving which in one of the podium volumes of the tower, concrete, the architects carved a rounded niche. Another, five-story, received a console and glass facades.

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1/4 TID Tower Photo © Filip Dujardin
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2/4 TID Tower Photo © Filip Dujardin
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3/4 TID Tower Photo © Filip Dujardin
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4/4 TID Tower Photo © Filip Dujardin

The historical environment determined the rejection of the typical glass prism scheme. Instead, the alternation of transparent and impenetrable sections of the façade creates the image of a "monolith", as well as a three-dimensional pattern accentuated by the Mediterranean sun. The oval plan of the tower at ground level gives the city more public space. As the height increases, the building becomes quadrangular.