CLIMBING Tree
SIGHT-VIEWING PLATFORM, XUZHOU, CHINA
Competition I Group work with Xue Qi I 2007 This design considers trees as an inspiration. Through imitating tree’s characters of growing upwards, extending leaves, and the inner transfer system, the sightviewing platform shows a similar active mode. To achieve this form of conception, we developed the structure system constituted of two truss structures and a core cube.
Analogy with Trees Trunk: Concrete filled steel tube Composite column system; Elevators Branches: Cantilevered platforms Water: Vistors