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Wangen Tower Building Demonstrator

Wangen Tower

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Landesgartenschau Wangen im Allgäu 2024, Germany

Set amidst the scenic landscape of the western Allgäu, the Wangen Tower is an architectural landmark and pioneering timber structure for the Landesgartenschau 2024. Based on research conducted at the Cluster of Excellence 'Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture (IntCDC)' at the University of Stuttgart, the tower is the very first multi-level, walkable building to use self-shaped, structural timber components. The distinctive expression of the tower’s unique timber structure stand as a testament to the latent design possibilities in naturally renewable, locally sourced, regionally manufactured and resource-effective timber architecture, which can be uncovered through an integrative approach to scientific research, materially-informed computational design, digital fabrication and expert craftsmanship.

You can find more information on the IntCDC website.

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Project Partners

Cluster of Excellence IntCDC – Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture, University of Stuttgart

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD)

Prof. Achim Menges, Martin Alvarez, Monika Göbel, Laura Kiesewetter, David Stieler, Dr. Dylan Wood

with support of: Gonzalo Muñoz Guerrero, Alina Turean, Aaron Wagner

Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE)

Prof. Dr. Jan Knippers, Gregor Neubauer

Blumer-Lehmann AG

Katharina Lehmann, David Riggenbach, Jan Gantenbein

with Biedenkapp Stahlbau GmbH

Markus Reischmann, Frank Jahr

Stadt Wangen im Allgäu

Landesgartenschau Wangen im Allgäu 2024 GmbH

 

Project Collaborations

Scientific Collaboration / Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit

Chair of Forest Utilization, Prof. Dr. Markus Rüggeberg, TU Dresden

Further Consulting Engineers / Weitere beratende Ingenieure

wbm Beratende Ingenieure

Dipl.-Ing. Dietmar Weber, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Daniel Boneberg

Collins+Knieps Vermessungsingenieure

Frank Collins

Schöne Neue Welt Ingenieure GbR

Florian Scheible, Andreas Otto

lohrer.hochrein Landschaftsarchitekten DBLA

 

Building Approval

Checking Engineer: Prof. Hans Joachim Blaß, Karlsruhe

Approval: MPA Stuttgart, Dr. Gerhard Dill Langer, Prof. Dr. Philipp Grönquist

 

Construction Collaboration for Foundation

Fischbach Bauunternehmen

 

Project Support

DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 

Zukunft Bau – Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen / BBSR

digitize wood is based at the Cluster of Excellence IntCDC at the University of Stuttgart and is funded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Food, Rural Areas and Consumer Protection (MLR) as part of the BW Timber Construction Initiative.