The tower will see the company cast-iron men

Giant vase on the shore - that is all that is necessary for the happiness of people crowd iron-clones on the shore. Possibly, this assertion may seem to you somewhat doubtful. However, the truth of it is in the best of British Architects. And all because the radar bore. How strange it may be heard.




And started the story even more bizarre - with a cast-iron men.

In 2006, English sculptor Antony Gormley has set on the coast near Liverpool Crosby Beach installation Another Place. It consists of a hundred cast-iron sculptures weighing 650 kilograms and at a height of 189 cm each. Stretched this unusual art project on the shoreline to 3.2 km.






Parameters chosen not by chance - each sculpture is a cast with the body of Anthony. Several selfishly, but will continue.

First time installation artist posted in 1997 in Germany, too, on the shore, and then put it in Norway and Belgium. From the outset it was expected that the exhibit would not be static. When he was in his native Britain, it was decided to keep this artistic wonder in ten years.

Soon, some members of the public have managed to accuse Anthony of pornography: they say, is that nude figures - this is nothing, but they too, khm, detailed. But well, in spite of this, when was asked to leave the "elsewhere" in the same place forever, the local municipality has adopted the idea. But the transformation of the shape Crosby Beach have not ended.



The point is that close to the coast is a radar tower, intended to track ships and aircraft facilities, which no longer operates. Of course, Great Britain - the country is not poor, but there is nothing they have not lost in vain. For them, nothing stands in the power center to turn.

On the tower is almost the same story: just because it can not be eliminated, it is necessary to think of any replacement. Because the best option considered the tower to see neighborhoods, then soon the Royal Institute of British Architects (Royal Institute of British Architects) announced a competition of projects of future buildings.

Here we bid farewell to Anthony Gormley, because, so to speak, on the cultural scene were not sculptors and architects. There are very many - only 92 projects were invited from various countries. Won the competition, of course, only one, and they turned the building into a vase, which is also natural. What else can decorate the beach, except for the vase? Nothing more.






The author of the winning concept was all the same British company, Duggan Morris Architects, suggested nehiluyu design, height (52 meters) will be almost double than that of the still "living" towers.

Officially whopper is referred to as the "Observatory of Mercy" (Mersey Observatory), and informally - "Vase", because of the shape. Mersey - the name of the river nearby. A "observatory" - because it could well overlook the neighborhood (rather than space, as we would like). In short - a tower display.

Domestic appliance tower is known, apparently, when it comes to directly translate the project into reality. But now planned that, in addition to the inspection site somewhere there must be a cafe and exhibition center, nearby - parking. What nashpigovat building and surrounding area - not a particularly difficult problem.

By this estimate, the project will require approximately $ 23 million. This implies that the huge amounts of money sooner or later will pay off: "vase" to powerfully attract tourists. So far, no indication when construction will start, but it is expected that it should end by the end of 2011.




Is it good to complement the vase-type Bank Observatory with iron men - not so important. It is important that one way or another, the British continued to slowly chudit - which means that all of them in order.