Bjarke Ingels Group | 250 m2| Invited Competition

Aarhus, Denmark| Program: Watch Tower| September 2013

WATCH FLOWER

Partners in Charge: Bjarke Ingels, Finn Nørkjær

Project Leader: Søren Martinussen

Project Team: Spencer Hayden 

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WATCH FLOWER is created as a three dimensional promenade that floats in the space above the harbor edge and the water at DOCK 7 in Aarhus Harbor. A 155 m long sloping promenade meanders like a mountain path along a cliff side peaking at the height of 7.5 meters. Designed with handicap accessibility, head clearance and statics in mind, the promenade takes shape as a flower gradually growing from the concrete harbor edge towards the sky. Each turn offers a new viewpoint with unique views to Aarhus Cathedral, the historical city centre, the leisure harbor and the Aarhus bay area. At the peak of the flower a spiral stair offers an opportunity for a fast exit down.