Mikado Tower

1:100 scale architectural model of a tower building for the Casabella Laboratorio competition. Made in solid wood.

Scale
1:100
Materials
Solid wood, Steel cables
Client
Studio BE.ST
Type
Architectural models
Full view of the 1:100 Mikado Tower model in solid wood: thin floor slabs, criss-crossing diagonal blades and perimeter steel cables
1:100 Mikado Tower model on display in an exhibition hall, low view of its base with slanting timber blades threaded through the floors
Front close-up of the 1:100 Mikado Tower model, where diagonal timber blades cross between the floor slabs, with tiny scale figures