DSBA + upgrade.studio won the 1st prize in Taiwan Tower Conceptual International Competition

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DSBA + upgrade.studio won the 1st prize in Taiwan Tower Conceptual International Competition

Floating Observatories - Sketch, drawing courtesy DSBA + upgrade.studio

"FLOATING OBSERVATORIES" Proposal by Dorin STEFAN's DSBA, Mihai CARCIUN and upgrade.studio wins the "Taiwan Tower" Conceptual International Competition.

Starting from the 'geographical' visual of Taiwan – which is an island resembling a leaf – we have developed the concept of the technological tree: we have designed 8 spatial leaves (with eight being a propitious number in the local culture) in the form of zeppelin-like elevators which glide up and down the 'tree trunk" and which serve the purpose of observation decks / belvedere. I have called these elevators floating observatories because each has a nacelle which can take 50 to 80 people; they are self-sustained by helium balloons and are built from lightweight materials (borrowed from the spacecraft industry) and are wrapped in a last-generation type of membrane (PTFE) and they glide vertically on a track positioned vertically in a strong electro-magnetic field.

Dorin STEFAN, Principal, DSBA*

Floating Observatories, render courtesy DSBA + upgrade.studi...

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