Winner 2021

Award for
Structural Artistry (non building structure)

Project Description

A free-form canopy created using parametric design and new digital fabrication methods. A highlight is the digitally fabricated crown made of 380 timber elements. This project champions new digital planning and construction methods. It shows how they can be used to create unconventional shapes in construction projects. It also shows how they can minimise resource usage and construction waste.

Judge’s comments

A free-form canopy created using parametric design and new digital fabrication methods. A highlight is the digitally fabricated crown made of 380 timber elements. This project champions new digital planning and construction methods. It shows how they can be used to create unconventional shapes in construction projects. It also shows how they can minimise resource usage and construction waste.

Project overview

Structural Designer

  • Basler & Hofmann AG, Consulting Engineers

Client Name

  • Basler & Hofmann AG

Location

  • Esslingen, Switzerland

Architect

  • Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich

Principal Contractor

  • Erne AG Holzbau

Key Contractors

  • SJB Kempter Fitze AG - Support Structural Engineering Timber Construction 

    Chair of Physical Chemistry of Building Materials, ETH Zurich concrete column - Co-development of Construction Method and Fabrication 

    Stücheli Architekten AG - Architecture Office Extension

    Images: © Basler & Hofmann AG

Year Submitted

  • 2020