2006
UK Award Part 1
From Bundling to Beehive
Max Kahlen’s project proposes a design strategy for super high-rises based on a system of bundling.
Max Kahlen’s project proposes a design strategy for super high-rises based on a system of bundling.
Max Kahlen
Architectural Association
School of Architecture
Section detail. © Max Kahlen.
Jury
Colin Fournier
Gary Haney
Roger Kallman
Dan Ringelstein
Brett Steele
Ross Wimer
This project proposes a design strategy for super high-rises. The principle is based on a system of bundling. A diversity of spatial conditions, structure, and circulation are brought together into a coherent system that does not rely on floors in terms of its stability. The high-rise is developed as an organic “material,” grown from a set of initiating parameters that result in a building with the ability to adapt to its changing environment. The arrangement of smaller spaces around larger atria have a structural function and form microclimates of varying light and ventilation intensities.
Research—Sears Tower circulation system. © Max Kahlen.
Control mechanisms of breathing structure. © Max Kahlen.
Design criteria. © Max Kahlen.
Introducing ruled surfaces—interim test in Ghana. © Max Kahlen.
Spatial potentials. © Max Kahlen.
Details of skeleton and floor system. © Max Kahlen.
Rapid prototype model. © Max Kahlen.
Max Kahlen
Architectural Association
School of Architecture