Vista – Design a nature observatory

Vista – Design a nature observatory

Nature’s bounty

Picturing Australia is incomplete without the green lush of generation and diverse ecosystem available in its region. Starting from the forests in Queensland to the dense thicket of the karri there is a large variety and diversity in the types of forests and vegetation that one encounters in the Australian continent. The richness of the flora and fauna can be visualized by the waterfalls cascading amongst the lush rainforest understory, the smell of eucalyptus on the air after the rain – Australia’s forests are both unique and wonderful to experience.

There are about 125 million hectares of forest – 123 million of those being native – Australia has the seventh biggest forest area in the world, making up three percent of the Earth’s forests.

Which makes it one of the largest contributors of nature in terms of its rich natural ecosystem. Australia’s forests are categorized into eight types: acacia, eucalypt, Callitris, mangrove, casuarina, melaleuca, rainforest, and ‘other native forest’. All of which are filled with mesmerizing beauty.

Brief of the Competition

Experiencing nature firsthand not from afar requires a space that will provide the tourist with an experience through nature.
A structure that provides an experience to the people where they can sit and absorb the views and the environment around them.

Brief: The aim of this challenge is to create a nature observatory tower that will provide the tourists with a wide and close view of the forests.

It should be a place where they are not affecting the forest but are able to experience it through a level where they dream to be in. The tower is to provide scope for the tourists to observe the forest from different levels in order to experience it in a better manner, this place should also offer them a place to sit and relax while still being amidst the forest.