Kissing Tower (2008)
6つのインターロックする楕円が織りなすダイナミックなサーフェイス
- XI ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture Award 2008
- Client: ThyssenKrupp Elevator
- Program: Symbol Structure
- Area: 500sqm
- Site: UAE Dubai
A New kind of Materiality
The structure of the tower is generated by operating with 6 interlocked ovals. The envelope gives a look of a drapery fabric and a different impression according to angles of the sight . Its surface is constructed by stacking metal and acrylic bricks, which have a different degree of transparency and reflectivity. Not with a kind of the brutal form-making in the Eiffel Tower, here we create the emblem tower with a new sense of prestigious crafting, gained from the integration of advanced technology and primitive building methods. It will produce a certain kind of seductive materiality.
Tectonics & Material
The structure of the tower is generated by operating with 6 interlocked ovals. The envelope gives a look of a drapery fabric and a different impression according to angles of the sight . Its surface is constructed by stacking metal and acrylic bricks, which have a different degree of transparency and reflectivity. Not with a kind of the brutal form-making in the Eiffel Tower, here we create the emblem tower with a new sense of prestigious crafting, gained from the integration of advanced technology and primitive building methods. It will produce a certain kind of seductive materiality.
