Hybrid Tower project is a reaction to the convention of stiff, static architecture. The tower asks what a structure would look like if built from soft materials that give way to forces in a controlled manner. the team describe the concept as an architecture that embraces the idea of resilience and adaptation.
Hybrid Tower 2 is a continuation of an inderdisciplinary research collaboration between Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA) at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation in Copenhagen (DK), the Department for Structural Design and Technology (KET), University of Arts Berlin (DE), Fibrenamics, Universidade de Minho, Guimaraes (PT), Essener Labor fuer Leichte Flaechentragwerke, University of Duisburg (DE) and the Portuguese textile company AFF a.ferreira & filhos, Caldas de Vizella (PT).
