Nichtoffener Wettbewerb | 02/2014
Çanakkale Antenna Tower International Competition
3. Preis
Architektur
Erläuterungstext
The Tower is the boundary marker between Asia and Europe, between East and West, expressed as two distinct halves that are inextricably bound conceptually and structurally together.
A pioneering move to split the antenna in two became the creative technical solution to unlock the potential of giving visitors the unique opportunity to ascend to the very top of what would otherwise be an ordinary telecommunications tower and allowing them a three dimensional spatial experience within the imaginary threshold of East and West.
A linear experience through time and space was expressed as a loop that is twisted to look outward and to frame views beyond in an elegantly, ever-changing path.
Visitors ascend almost 100m to the pinnacle of the Tower in gondolas fixed to a track within the structure, with interest at every height as visitors travel up to the highest point of the Tower before descending the opposite side.
A pioneering move to split the antenna in two became the creative technical solution to unlock the potential of giving visitors the unique opportunity to ascend to the very top of what would otherwise be an ordinary telecommunications tower and allowing them a three dimensional spatial experience within the imaginary threshold of East and West.
A linear experience through time and space was expressed as a loop that is twisted to look outward and to frame views beyond in an elegantly, ever-changing path.
Visitors ascend almost 100m to the pinnacle of the Tower in gondolas fixed to a track within the structure, with interest at every height as visitors travel up to the highest point of the Tower before descending the opposite side.