Steel Tower

Architectural & construction design in collaboration with Aliena Rumpf

The project Steel Tower proposes a design for a temporary viewing tower overlooking the city of Münster. The suggested location is a vast meadow alongside
a small creek where the city center is just a few minutes' bike ride away. The tower includes two viewing platforms and three stories with enclosed spaces for a public
library. There is also space to host the city model, presenting current city planning.

The task was to investigate sustainable supporting structures and facades, industrial preproduction, and on-site construction logistics.

We chose to look further into the life cycle of steel construction. Since industrial production already maxes out the recycling potential of steel, a much smaller percentage of demolished material ends up in reuse, even though second-hand standardized steel beams cost far less energy. It led us to research the typical construction of industrial storage buildings and reversible joints such as studs.

academic work, 2020
as part of the course ba.m3.4 Quatiers Tower - imobile urban landmark
coordinated by prof. Dipl. Ing. Jürgen Reichardt
Münster School of Architecture