ARCH 655- Project 1
Tower of light Parametric Modeling ARCH 655 https://tonkinliu.co.uk/tower-of-light capture the energy of the sun harness the power of the wind herald the city’s low carbon future Introduction The Tower of Light is a 40-meter tall tower supporting and enclosing flues for Manchester's new low-carbon energy center. The biomimetic structure has built on the decade-long innovation and research of, the shell Lace Structure , pioneered by Tonkin Liu and developed in collaboration with engineers at Arup. Learning from geometries in nature, the tower’s form is its strength. The super-light, super-thin single-surface structure uses the least material to achieve the most. This tower is constructed from 6 and 8 mm thick flat steel sheets, tailored, laser-cut, and then welded together to create a curved stiff strong surface. Modern methods of construction using advanced digital modeling, analysis, and fabrication, combined with tailoring principles, have made the Shell Lace Structure innovati