The Olympic Orbit tower which stands high over London’s Olympic Stadium is being officially unveiled on Friday.
The completed steel sculpture, known as ArcelorMittal Orbit stands at the heart of the Olympic Park.
It was designed by Turner Prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor and structural designer Cecil Balmond.
via BBC (+)
laka laka laka,
when practicing architecture at such a high level you need to be sure you dont give away many reads so that your opponents dont know what to expect in your future submissions & or projects.
in connection with submissions: we all know where you come from when Luxigon has been doing your images for the last 7 years..boring
Anyway, JN seems afraid to takearisk and try new funny stuff in his projects. For some reason he though the success of his Barcelona tower was the skin/openings (lol) and decided to keep the same formula for Manhattan.
Construction of the facade captures attention at first glance; the window frames are accentuated looking scattered. In reality, 20 smaller functional windows are situated on one big panel. Walls were really designed from the inside out. A typical floor is composed by seven megapanels and each of them corresponds to a room. The biggest room has fabulous view on the street. Steel was used for the exterior, while the interior was treated with a layer of silver anodized aluminum. Various glass coatings add another layer of depth of light….whatever
FG or die
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