Landmark and Observation Tower near Flörsheim-Weilbach at the Weilbach gravel-pit
title: landmark and observation tower at the Weilbach gravel pits
purpose: landmark and observation tower
location: Frankfurter Str. 76, 65439 Flörsheim-Weilbach
client: Regionalpark RheinMain Pilot GmbH, Flörsheim-Weilbach
project: 2009
building time: 2012
height: 41,00 m
structural engineer: ProfessorPfeiferundPartner, Darmstadt
In addition to its function as a vantage point, the structure also has the express purpose of being a landmark that is easily recognisable from afar as a reference to the ensemble of nature conservation centre and visitor centre at the Weilbacher Kiesgruben regional park portal.in the largely flat landscape on the outskirts of residential areas, the tower is intended to be a landmark and symbol for the ideas associated with the RhineMain regional park.the overall shape of the observation tower is designed as a large figure that suggests associations and interpretations in the field of natural forms, but without being an oversized plant or animal sculpture. The aim of the design is to keep the possible images in the viewer's imagination so open that various interpretations are possible, for example that of a bud, that of flower petals or similar.
You can find some more photos at
http://www.flickr.com/groups/regionalpark/pool/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/saintx/sets/72157630361522674/
http://www.nabu-rhein-main.de/m106/entries.php?threadID=760
and a webcam at
http://www.regionalpark-rheinmain.de/de/regionalpark-portal/webcam-regionalpark-portal.aspx
