Bio-Digital?

When in favorable environment, succulents can grow stems up to 60 cm long, favoring their survival and ability to thrive in harsh environmental conditions. The Sedum-morganianum is an example, native to Latin America, whose leaves are large fleshy modules connected to their stem, intertwined closely together to increase the number of leaves and save energy. The tower then is designed as a refugee center in the shore of Barcelona. The overall structure is composed of single units and others that can perform multiple multidisciplinary programs. The tower however can only grow under a rigid set of rules from which the unpredictable influx of immigrants will dictate its growth. Rules are inspired on Fibonacci sequence, where units are labeled numerically from one to four and placed on a asymmetrical nine square grid sequentially. As the units stack and coincide vertically, they are able to be interchanged for larger and more complex modules. The system is capable of growing vertically and at moments of high immigrant stress, diagonally. The main core is allowed to grow every 4 floors, and create a “neighborhood” of single home pods. Among them, few individual pods can link together or transform into new programmatic implications within those detached neighborhoods.