Line, edges and shades outline the tropics and which have give the required necessities for living objects to withstand the amon-Re of the equator and seems, these language should be the ethos of the built form of our architecture. The platform violates the orthodox univalent atmosphere of an lake which is dominated by the monotonous gesture of the water wave. Derivation and reference from the trees surrounding it tend to provoke imagination and thoughts. Its quality of symbolic duality between functionalist rationalism and extravagant mannerism both spark excitement to the rather dully setting. The site eagerly need a spark of surprise that celebrate the luxury of space and sun it possess. A sculpture of anonymous (or even of unrecognizable) quality would lift the concealed beauty of a dull lake, raising the appreciation of human to its ample space and sunshine. It create a moment where indulgence in fantasy overrides the usual argument in the form-function relation (of which follow which), a celebration is never an conscious undertaking. An ‘observation platform’ means space that reach the purposes of everything rather than the practicality of observation (which its generalized name tends to evoke a bigger sense of meaning).
Simply, there will be no structure being called an ‘observation platform’ on the ground level ever existed anywhere any when but rather its name intriguing endless imagination and opportunity for redefinement. Here, it must not be well-designed, must be irrational in some sense, half way, contradicting, unpredictable. The built world of a human are excessively designed, everything are To-Be. Since a recreational park serve no specific function, human treat it as amusement space, it must have the quality to ignite curiosity and let human to determine what is built Should-Be. The platform must not self-acclaim its function but it is its users that define it unintentionally. The platform functioning quietly. The design originated from the moment of which the trees beside the water swinging its stems and welcoming the processional water wave while strong wind swept through the bank. The wooden statue therefore catches that moment. Its ambiguous form contains the abstract quality of a monument while introducing the ever forgotten movement in other stand-alone structure. The design also break the box of the roof-wall-floor edict which are presumably swaddle infinite possibilities. When space inside volume does not exist in brief, the open volume need different play of procession to highlight hierarchy and order, which culminated at the top most individual platform that face the picturesque scenery, a sudden realization. That is the moment of celebration, of space and light
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