October 26, 2012

Tower of Ring by EASTERN Design Office




EASTERN Design Office have completed the Tower of Ring in Tianjin, China.

Project description from EASTERN Design Office

This tower is lucid. The visibility of this tower differs in accordance with the very motion of the atmosphere and every change of sky and light. No doubt this tower forgets that it is a tower. Building such a lucid tower in the middle of a big square, which is covered just by stones, can be referred to build a “void” in an empty space. This square is the center of downtown Tianjin.  Accordingly it is a very important place. We dare to design a void space and emptiness, which has no sense of presence.  This way of thinking is based on oriental ideas. This tower is very oriental.

People forget which one they look up to: the tower or the sky. It has an eye-opening shape, its beginning and ending is invisible. It is designed like a flow of stream, yet the form is very simple.