Geno Matrix

The traditional skyscraper is no longer a valid response to the dynamic demands of the 21-century due to its limited and static form and incapable of adapting to changing contextual parameters. The central feature of our project is the development of a deformable structure that exhibits characteristics of a living organism, with the potential for evolution in a manner similar to the larger cityscape. We named it as Geno-Matrix, a genotype driven structure for skyscraper, which, according to the changing spatial requirements, can produce potentially infinite scenarios. It can deform itself in the molecular level, compatible with the unstable fitness of current inhabitation cultures. Rather than using the conventional architectural design process to generate the form, Geno-Matrix comes from genotype, phenotype, mate, crossover, morph, mutation and selection process. Geno-Matrix can be adapted to any context and multiplied throughout the urban space. In the design process, we applied genetic computing and evolution techniques with the emphasis on their potential of creating forms that are useful in the production of architectural novelty and originality.

Geno Matrix by Ming Tang in China won the WA Award Cycle 2. Please find below the WA Award poster for this project.