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Sun Tower in Yantai, Shandong
15 Feb 2022
Design: OPEN
Location: Yantai, Shandong province, eastern China
OPEN Unveils Design for Sun Tower in Yantai, China
A view from the sea in Winter:

Images © OPEN
Zaozhuang Citizen Service Center, China
Beijing, 15 February 2022 – OPEN has revealed the design for its under-construction Sun Tower project on the coast of Yantai, a booming city on the coast of the Yellow Sea. Recipient of the Jeu d?Esprit Special Prize of AR Future Project Awards 2021, the Sun Tower comprises a semi-outdoor theatre on the ground, a winding exhibition space, and a library in the sky. The building also has a unique semi-outdoor space at the top, referred to as the ?phenomena space?, designed for people to observe the magnificent natural phenomena throughout the year. Semi-outdoor theatre:

The name of the city of Yantai means ?Beacon Tower? and was derived from the series of watchtowers built during the Ming dynasty as a warning against impending attacks on the coastline. The city wanted to create a landmark on the coast, its fast-developing new district, one of the earliest special economic zones in the country and an industrial powerhouse today.
A birds-eye view of the Sun Tower and the plaza:

OPEN?s response to the design brief was to move towards a more purposeful structure, something that would evoke the ancient rituals of nature-worship...