The coolest tower I’ve ever seen
November 2, 2009 by Juergen Specht · 41 Comments
Once driving near Osaka, I saw this strange construction in the morning fog.
Coming closer, I saw this.
The PL Peace Tower is in Tondabayashi, a city near Osaka in Japan where the international headquarter of the Church of Perfect Liberty known just as PL is located.
Build in 1970, the tower is 180 meters (590 feet) tall and was entirely created by the then newly discovered shotcrete technique, a technique to spray concrete onto wire netting allowing for the strange shape which would make Gaudi and Hundertwasser proud.
Due to the low center of gravity of just 12 meters above ground level, the construction is extremely earthquake resistant and could itself lift up again in the unusual case it would tilt 45 degrees.
Today the tower hovers over Tondabayashi and is also the place for one of the biggest annual fireworks in the world.
More pictures below.
Berlin TV tower – lift off on Vimeo
September 15, 2009 by Juergen Specht · Leave a Comment
I used to live in Berlin, Germany and even had my office just around the corner of the TV Tower…but this was 10 years ago and I had no idea that the TV Tower was actually a rocket. I am so not up-to-date about Germany!
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