Wangen Tower, 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.

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

Further Consulting Engineers:
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