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Buildner Architecture Competitions

Joyce Ng

Niah Pierre

Kaley Denaro

Cafe | Museum | Observatory

Micron Pens | Photoshop

Valeria Lobo

V-Ray for Rhino | Photoshop

Kaley Denaro | Valeria Lobo

In this theoretical structure, three levels of observation coexist, all focusing upon different manifestations of light.

The highest level of the tower instead orients the visitor to the heavens, the focus shifted away from this earth and towards the infinite.

The middle level welcomes visitors to converse with the horizon, which begins to dissolve.

The base level observatory inverts the traditional associations with lights- usually in the sky. It blocks one’s view from the heavens, instead presenting only a body of water, mandating visitors to experience light at that level only through the reflections thereof.