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The paper describes the design process of an observation tower that does not follow a conventional logic of pre-conceived form and its subsequent postevaluation. Instead architectural design, functional concepts, and structural evaluation are co-evolved with the help of digital tools. Within this simultaneous design process the natural role model of fibres becomes a guiding concept for all participants from which design solutions and structural principles can be deduced. Analogies to natural fibrous organisms are not only used to create an evocative and multi layered tower appearance, but allow generating an effective and feasible structure. Algorithms underlying natural processes are applied in digital models to organize multiple members into one performative fibrous structure.
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Schinegger, K., Rutzinger, S., Hofmann, A., Hauer, D. (2013). Multiple Nature — Taiwan Tower. In: Hesselgren, L., Sharma, S., Wallner, J., Baldassini, N., Bompas, P., Raynaud, J. (eds) Advances in Architectural Geometry 2012. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1251-9_18
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