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Our dress is part of the collection "Lucid" by Iris van Herpen. It radiates the exclusiveness of lucid dreaming through new unusual patterns and shapes. These patterns and shapes do not occur naturally and were unthinkable in the fashion industry prior to the invention of parametric design.

The Twist Tower is a 240-meter-high building in Manhattan, whose facade design was inspired by the garments of the Australian fashion designer Dion Lee.

The facade of our Aero Twist Building was inspired by the Dutch fashion designer Iris Van Herpen. After we had analyzed the dress, we divided the facade into several sections with irregular curved and sharp edges. The futuristic design stands out by the visible vertical twist.

The inconsistent waves of the facade are inspired by the Aqua Tower and symbolize the movement of water, relating to the Hudson and East River, as well as the Atlantic Ocean. In addition, the lines which are coating the construction are also wavy, create a solid structure and contrast with the flowing floors. Regarding the muscle suit, there are similarities in composition and design.

Inspired by the dress of the high fashion designer Iris van Herpen, we used a triangulated structure to obtain the building’s sophisticated shape. Its form is based on overlapping and merging “spheres”, which create the look of foam like bubbles.

The present project shows the brilliant interaction of human anatomy with architecture. The tower’s design was inspired by a designer clothing piece by Thom Browne, which represents a conventional suit with an abstract illustration of muscle fibers and tendons of the human body.

The structure of the model consists of two main components: a solidly built core, which forms the basic structure of the building and an organically shaped, horizontally aligned lamellar shell.