First prize in Tampere

ALA wins the Tampere Glass Pavilion competition jointly organized by the City of Tampere, Finnpark, Glass Performance Days / Glaston and Tampere University of Technology.  The starting point for the competition was to examine the extensive applications of glass on the basis of the newest technological solutions.

We decided to study what could benefit the city whilst using the best qualities of glass.

What could one want to meet here in the winter, after ploughing through the Hämeenkatu shops, reaching the impenetrable darkness of Tammerkoski? What could create additional value to a perfect spring afternoon spent in Koskipuisto?

We propose to plant a Magnolia tree, protected by an intelligent glass dome using the best and most natural qualities of glass: amourphous forms, tranparency, reflection and refraction.

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