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title: "Mikado Tower"
description: "1:100 scale model of the Mikado Tower for the Casabella Laboratorio competition, in solid wood and steel cables, for studio BE.ST."
url: https://federicomelzi.com/en/portfolio/architectural-models/mikado-tower/
language: en
alternates:
  it: https://federicomelzi.com/portfolio/modelli-architettura/torre-mikado/
author: "Federico Melzi"
---
# Mikado Tower

- **Type:** Architectural models
- **Scale:** 1:100
- **Materials:** Solid wood, Steel cables
- **Client:** [Studio BE.ST](https://www.archisio.it/pro/best-belingardi-stefano-architects/portfolio/mikado-tower)

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

## Images

![Full view of the 1:100 Mikado Tower model in solid wood: thin floor slabs, criss-crossing diagonal blades and perimeter steel cables](https://federicomelzi.com/_astro/torre-mikado-01.DtHNEvEg_hxf9D.jpg)

![1:100 Mikado Tower model on display in an exhibition hall, low view of its base with slanting timber blades threaded through the floors](https://federicomelzi.com/_astro/torre-mikado-02.BmCRa2dd_Ic6f1.jpg)

![Front close-up of the 1:100 Mikado Tower model, where diagonal timber blades cross between the floor slabs, with tiny scale figures](https://federicomelzi.com/_astro/torre-mikado-03.KvYZ3SsN_XIpqH.jpg)

By: [Federico Melzi](https://federicomelzi.com/en/about/) · [Portfolio](https://federicomelzi.com/en/)