Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform virtual twin technology is being utilized for virtual design for urban regeneration, and is expected to be highly useful in future large-scale infrastructure projects.

Dassault Systèmes announced on the 20th that it has recreated the Eiffel Tower to show how virtual worlds can lead changes in cities and infrastructure for a sustainable future, 130 years after the Eiffel Tower was built.

The 'Building Tomorrow' team assembled a team of Dassault Systèmes experts from various industries to use the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to design and build a low-carbon, circular, and renewable version of the Eiffel Tower to address major sustainability issues such as accelerated urbanization, greenhouse gas emissions, and energy consumption.

This project brings together public institutions, engineers, architects, logistics experts, and construction contractors in a new way to enable more circular practices across the value chain that have a positive impact at all scales and improve the quality of life.

Starting from a design by architect Nicolas Lasine, the team used the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to create a virtual twin Eiffel Tower consisting of a vertical garden decorated with 18,038 trees (equivalent to the number of metal parts in the Eiffel Tower), a 5,500-square-meter greenhouse and garden shed, 451 plant species, and 200 experimental and shared gardens.I heard.

Through the experience of a virtual twin Eiffel Tower equipped with real-time data-driven insights across the value chain, the team demonstrated that large-scale infrastructure projects can be built more sustainably through co-design among all stakeholders, optimized operations and resource management, low-carbon manufacturing of materials, sustainable logistics planning, and productized construction.

The 'Building Tomorrow' team analyzed the impact of shadows, airflow, and heat on neighbors under various construction scenarios at the same height as a virtual Eiffel Tower and modeled the water consumption of vegetation.

In addition, sourcing, transportation, and manufacturing processes for the structure were optimized without affecting the strength and performance of the steel, and the productization principles of the manufacturing industry were applied to the design and construction processes.

Dassault Systèmes’ Life Cycle Assessment solution played a key role in the team’s strategic decision-making by assigning environmental impact scores to each process along the lifecycle, from raw material sourcing to finished product delivery.