The Urbach Tower at the Remstal Garden Show

"A paradigm shift in timber construction", is how experts describe the roughly 14-meter high Urbach Tower, which was built by the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart. The unique construction in Urbach is one of 16 showpieces at the Remstal Garden Show 2019. The tower is the first building in the world with a supporting wooden structure made from self-forming timber components.


Curved or bent wood gives a construction a sense of uniqueness. This accentuates the Urbach Tower in particular, which is made from self-forming timber. ...