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Revision as of 14:26, 23 October 2012
Volume
The volume of the tower is based on streams of people and the surrounding. The volume become wider when he touched the water and represent the collecting of people witch arrives from the water. The volume creates caps in the structure near the water and provides space for the floating pavilions witch can use the tower as a docking station.On land the volume is focusing on the stream of people from the village of Heijplaat. The structure follows this stream and leads them into the tower. The height of the tower is based on the visibility from the village Heijplaat and fulfills the role of a church in the past as a landmark.
Cells
The tower is made out a natural looking structure with a human scale. Between the big buildings and the hard environment, the tower provides a natural environment and creates a contrast with his side. The tower is made out of many different cells and provides a kind of flexibility. Based on the activity, different cells provide the different needs. In the future activities can increase or decrease in size just to add or remove an extra cell. In this way there are many possibilities for future activities.
