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BŪRIS PUTNIEM (Kurgi Tower)

BŪRIS PUTNIEM (Kurgi tower)

What a tower in an open field should be? We imagine that this is not just a viewing tower, the purpose of which is to provide an opportunity to view from the highest point. For us, this is a wooden monument, a sculpture, with a subtle reflection on its surrounding nature. A tower is not only about experiencing space and view. A person who got into the tower takes a path through which he experiences various situations that accompany architecture.


It is essential for us that the observation tower had not only the function of viewing from the outside but also itself had various views within itself. Therefore, this tower is dual in various aspects: open spaces can become completely isolated; wide balconies pass into narrow corridors; dark passages are filled with light from openings in certain places; one can contemplate the surrounding nature from secluded corners or from open terraces.


At the same time, the tower itself becomes an object for contemplation from the outside. Its function is not limited only to the review; it is the subject for review. It is a sculpture and a self-contained object, which, when dissolved, is compacted and crushed, striving upward.


But this sculpture is not limited to viewing from afar. Tactile and visual interaction with the tower is vital as long as its materiality. Its atmosphere is essential, which is influenced by nature around. This tower is for a celebration, for contemplating the rain, for observing the stars. It’s not the tower only for observation, but for experiencing nature. 

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