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PROGRAMME
My project is dedicated to finding optimal
conditions for space, time and other-
dimentional travel to the perimeters of the
kosmos and ones own conciousness. -i.e. that
stuff that tends to happen sometimes if we
look up and are in that kind of a mood.
I have wanted to make stargazing place
that helps a human conciousness make the
transition from a typical rational oberving
and categorizing mode, to a mode of wonder,
amazement and imagination.
THE TOWER
My project is a tower on the edge of the very
steep slope, towards the northern side of
the gap in the forrest. The top of the tower,
symbolically closer to the stars, is a bed of
ropes to lie on while watching the sky, with
a screen around it to block out the worst
light pollution. The rest of the tower is a very
strange and mysterious structure, ascending
through which should guide the visitors mind
to a place where it is ready for the experience.
Suspended from the top, in the middle of the
tower, is a Foucault’s pendulum, telling a
story at the entrance/exit level, about our little
planets behavior in the universe.
STRUCTURE
The tower is circular at the top and square
at the bottom. The main structure is 64 2’x8’
poles which stand tilted at different angles
placed radially from the centre of the top
circle. A glue-lam ring at the top, and glue-
lam frames lower keep them together and
hinder buckling. Bracing is taken care of with
pieces of wood fitted between the poles with
self tapping screws through them, forming
diagonal bands that can take compression and
tension.
Stairs up are carried by ropes on the inside
and the poles on the outside. Ropes and
poles work as space definers load bearers
and safety measures. The load on the ropes
is transferred to the poles via a smaller
ring at the top and glue-lam arcs around
the structure. The last ascent to the top is a
climbing net across the centre of the tower.
Site plan 1:3000
EDGE+
Gap/gate
(very interesting
space)
pines and spruces
S-SE to SW: Best stars to gaze
Also: worst light pollution from
houses + road
Visibility/ landmark potensial
possible shortcut
KULTURSTI
First sketch models, stumbling upon an awesome concept and solving problems in 1:20
1:20 model under trees and nights ky from the site