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Landmark in the Lusatian Lakeland
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By 2010, as part of an international building exhibition, the largest lakeland landscape in Europe is to be created in eastern Germany, using former lignite mining excavations. Built to a triangular plan, this 30-metre-high steel viewing tower has been erected as a symbol of the transformation of the region. The two closed faces of the structure consist of hollow walls with cross bracing. The open third side reveals a staircase sculpture – with nine offset flights of stairs and eight landings – leading up to a viewing platform at the top. Visitors pass through different spatial situations as they ascend. All elements have a load-bearing function, and the weatherproof steel will gradually assume a reddish-brown patina.