A tower aims to breed the population, not just the roof.
In Mulegns, Switzerland, where the local count is achieved around a dozen, a new arrival makes noise in the best possible way.
Tor Alva, or the White Tower, now rises almost 100 meters above the roofs, a junk of 3D printed architectural ambition in a village on the edge of extinction.
Unveiled in May, the tower wrapped in columns is officially the 3D printed building in the world. He will not accommodate any resident, but will attract visitors to the city, which is very necessary locally.
But its true purpose goes beyond the records: to relive a city whose population has fallen from 140 in 1900 to barely enough to make a football team today.
The tower was created by the Cultural Foundation origin in collaboration with Eth Zurich, and met at the site of an old blacksmith shop.
Its sculptural 32 columns were printed robotically on Eth’s Campus near Zurich by means of a custom concrete mix designed by Professor Robert Flatt to set up a delicate architectural detail.
The structure, intended to evoke watermark jewelry and the elegance in layers of a cake of a pastry, was designed considering cultural symbolism: a tribute to the pastry chefs who once migrated from the region and brought prosperity at home with them.
“It inspires the sector of the building, promotes sustainable tourism and offers a new cultural space,” said Giovanni Netzer, founder of the Cultural Origin Foundation, in a statement by Eth Zurich.
He called the project “A technical triumph”.
Inside the tower is a 32 -seater dome theater with wide views of the alpine landscape that surrounds it. Daily guided tours are now open to visitors and theatrical performances will begin in July.
The arrival of the tower marks a dramatic intervention to the destination of Mulegns, where the population fell to 50 in 1980.
According to the project’s website, Tor alva aims to “breathe new life in a historical community while also establishing a global standard for culturally sustainable and vibrant development”.
Eth Zurich’s experts say that the project represents a “symbiosis” of architecture, culture and science.
“The use of 3D printing allows a daring and non -standard approach to architecture,” they said, “offering an extraordinary range of forms and forms.”
Although the cost of the tower has not been revealed, similar large -scale structures have exceeded $ 1.1 million, according to Connect Connect.
Mulegns will not host the tower forever: Tor Alva will be dismantled and moved to another village in 2030.
But local leaders hope that, at that time, the care, tourism and investment they provide will have helped MULGNS not only to visitors, but also to residents.
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