Bubble-highrise Berlin 2002

the project explores a structural novelty, based on natural systems like corals, foam, skeletons.
Through "packing" of different sized bubbles in a volume and then slizing it into a structural cage,
a highly efficient structural zone is achieved, that leaves the internal space of the highrise building totally column free.
Similair to a natural system, structure and facade build a "whole", instead of seperating beams and coloumns from a cladded facade.
" it is like putting spheres in an aquarium and shaking them until they achieve their maximal density"
 

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