The Mangrove Tower is an entry for the 2011 Taiwan Tower competition and features an open structural system, taking inspiration from coastal mangrove forests. Leaning dramatically across the site, the tower is supported only by a minimal support core wrapped with fibrous strands. To accommodate a relatively small program in the supertall structure, it has a porous arrangement allowing natural forces such as rain, wind and light to flow through the structure and, in some cases, increasing the sustainable performance of the building.

The Mangrove Tower utilizes a leaning cross braced steel structure and vertical core to transparently house its programmatic elements. We generated algorithms using the inherent structural properties of minimal path geometry; weaving members create nodal connections that reinforce structural integrity and accommodate a large amount of lateral bracing for seismic and wind stability.