An agricultural facility designed as land-art element. Tower of Spiral by Doarchi
10/12/2019.
[ShenZhen - Guangdong] China
metalocus, ANTONIO M. GARCÍA
metalocus, ANTONIO M. GARCÍA
Chinese architecture firm Doarchi uses as issue to design a lookout point a water tank used for irrigation. They create a straightforward and simple ascending space, a spiral tower that allows visitors to explore the agricultural landscape, while they go up its inside.
The spiral tower twists 810 degrees surrounded by sunflower fields and the mountains in the distance. The access to the tower base is via a winding paved path.
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Tower of Spiral by Doarchi. Photograph by SCHRAN
Axonometric view. Tower of Spiral by Doarchi.
Ground floor plan. Tower of Spiral by Doarchi.
Top floor plan. Tower of Spiral by Doarchi.
Section. Tower of Spiral by Doarchi.
Detail. Tower of Spiral by Doarchi.
Elevation. Tower of Spiral by Doarchi.
Models Tower of Spiral by Doarchi.
Doarchi designed a structure supported by steel columns, encased in a concertina-like steel shell, resembling a sculptural element. The upper sections are covered with PTFE film and the lower with tensioned metal mesh.
The Visitors can ascend 15 metres via a twisting set of shallow steps, ending in a lookout point surrounded by a low parapet.
The Visitors can ascend 15 metres via a twisting set of shallow steps, ending in a lookout point surrounded by a low parapet.
Project description by Doarchi
We need a natural place to clear up the melancholy mood in busy urban life.
The tower is located in such a vast land surrounded by mountains.
The site is located in a high-lying area, with a pool reserved for irrigation.
Around the pool, we have created a straightforward and simple ascending space, so that people can observe and feel nature in different latitudes.
Spiral provides a slow flowing way of viewing for the viewer: Visitors enter the relatively narrow tower from the outside.
The line of sight also changes from the outward earth to the inward pool. You will see the sky and the viewer himself in the pool. Then you can walk slowly to the top of the tower, and catch the earth you just stepped on again from the high place.
Tourists, the tower and the earth are integrated here.
The white PTEE film and the tensioned metal mesh are the materials of the tower. Between the penetration and the impermeability, they present a spiral of 810 degree.
This is the tower of spirals, explored by the viewer.
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Architects
Doarchi. Lead Architects.- Penn Ding,Oliver Li.
Design team
Jiajia Tang,Zhiyuan Liu.
Collaborators
Engineering.- Jianbo Miao,Tong Chen，Dacang Li. Collaborators.- IMBOX.
Client
OCT Group-Guangming Modern Farming
Dates
Completion Year.- 2019.10.
Height
15.6m
Location
OCT Group-Guangming Town, Zhenyuan Road, ShenZhen, Guangdong, China.
Photography
SCHRAN
Ding Penghua. Doarchi
Doarchi. Ding Penghua is the founder and principal architect of Do Architects. He is an award-winning architect who has got the Far East Architectural Design Award, the Architizer A+, the WA Chinese Architecture Awards 2014, REDesign China Award 2017, a&d TRPPHY AWARDS 2018, ICONIC AWARDS 2018, One of Domus creative talents 100+.
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