HOVERING PLATEAU Type
Year
Location Competition, Observation Tower 2023 South Dakota, the Midwest TextLocated in the small city of De Smet in the Midwest, the observation tower serves as both a community space and a vantage point for new perspectives on its surroundings.
The vertical structure embodies the deep history of the site, intersecting with the horizontal plane of the present-day community that encapsulates a space where the community can meet, have events while explorering new perspectives.
Inspired by the horizontal planes of the praire, Frank Lloyd wrights praire style, the quirkiness water towers and the repeadly lostness of the electrical towers.