A tower aims to increase the population – not just the roof.
In Molegns, Switzerland – where the local account is hovering around a dozen – a wonderful new arrival is making noise in the best way possible.
Tor Alva, or White Tower, now rises nearly 100 meters above the roofs, an excellent 3D architectural ambition in a village that is making on the edge of extinction.
Discovered in May, the column -wrapped tower is official the tallest 3D printed building in the world. It would not accommodate residents, but will seduce visitors to the city, something that is needed locally.
But its real goal achieves beyond records: the revival of a city whose population has fallen from 140 to 1900 to barely enough to set up a football team today.
The tower was created by the Origen Cultural Foundation in collaboration with Eth Zurich, and gathered in the site of a former factor shop.
Its sculptural columns were robotically printed on the ETH campus near Zurich using a custom concrete mix designed by Professor Robert Flatt to set up quickly preserving delicate architectural details.
The structure, destined to evoke both the filigree jewelry and the layered elegance of a cake of a cake, was created with cultural symbolism in the mind – an homage to pastries chefs who once migrated from the region and brought prosperity home with them.
“It inspires the construction sector, encourages sustainable tourism and offers new cultural space,” said Giovanni Netzer, founder of the Origen Cultural Foundation, in the press release ETH Zurich.
He called the project “a technical triumph”.
Inside the tower is a theater with 32 Cupola places with a comprehensive view of the surrounding alpine landscape. Daily traveling journeys are now open to visitors, and theatrical performances will begin in July.
The arrival of the tower marks a dramatic intervention in the fate of the mulogens, where the population fell to 50 to 1980.
According to the project website, Tor Alva aims to “breathe new life in a historical community while setting a global standard for sustainable, living cultural development”.
Eth Zurich experts say the project represents a “symbiosis” of architecture, culture and science.
“Using 3D printing enables a bold, non -standard approach to architecture,” they said, “offering an extraordinary range of shapes and shapes.”
While the cost of the tower has not been discovered, similar large -scale printed structures have exceeded $ 1.1 million, according to Concrete Connect.
Molegns will not cut the tower forever – Tor Alva is set to dismantle and move to another village in 2030.
But local leaders hope that by then, the attention, tourism and investment it brings will have helped Molegns recover not only visitors but also residents.
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