Danish architecture studio BIG has revealed new images by Rasmus Hjortshøj of Marsk Tower, its spiralling double-helix viewing tower that recently opened to the public in southwestern Denmark.
The 25-metre-tower is located in the UNESCO world heritage site of Wadden Sea National Park and was constructed from Corten steel.
BIG's Corten-steel Marsk Tower overlooks marshes
"Marsk tower is a testament to our two-decades-long friendship and collaboration with the blacksmiths of Schacks Trapper," said BIG founder Bjarke Ingels.
"The double helix provides two stairs and an elevator with a single stack of rotating steel steps, allowing visitors to ascend and descend in a single spiraling loop from the sand to the sky ? connecting the marshland to the Wadden Sea.? Marsk Tower widens at the top to form a viewing platform
The tower is topped by a viewing platform and will provide 360-degree views across the marshland from which it is named ? "marsk" is Danish for marsh.
"Because of the earth curvature, visitors will gradually expand their view of the horizon while walking to the top of the tower," BIG partner Jakob Lange said.
"On the foot of the tower, you will be able to see four kilometres into the distance, but from the top of the tower the view is expanded to an 18-kilometre view into the horizon."
The tower was designed to blend in with its surroundings
As well as a lookout tower, the building was designed to function as a tourist la...