Králí?ák Lookout Tower, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic, Czech Tall Structure, Architecture Photos
Králí?ák Lookout Tower in The Olomouc Region
29 Mar 2022
Architects: HAMR Hu? Architektury Martin Rajni?
Location: Stare Mesto, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic

Photos: Ales Jungmann and Boys Play Nice
Králí?ák Lookout Tower, Czech Republic
The Králí?ák Lookout Tower is a result of several years of collaboration with the local ski resort Krali?ák. It is situated at the highest point between Hyn?ice and St?íbrnice on the hilltop ?tvanice 866 m.a.s.l. The supposed center of the resort, on the hill in the forest amongst ski slopes.

Around it is a beautiful dramatic vast landscape. The old town, a view of the entire Jeseníky mountains, on the other side, the heavily wooded hillside of Králický Sn??ník where the Morava River springs from.
The assignment has been fulfilled, a year-round accessible, 35-meter-tall lookout tower, situated at the top station of the chair lift ? the center of the resort.

The tower stands here as a confident slim round obelisk. A center-point. A simple structural diagram, a slim, 35m tall vertical secured by cables. While designing, we were searching for economical, rational solutions that would be an answer to the assignment. We try to base the idea on the location. Stone/wood. As a construction material we chose larch logs.

It is used in the way it is pretty much present all around. The tree trunks standing vertically, connected tog...