Check out Effekt's Camp Adventure Forest Tower, Denmark's answer to NYC's Vessel

2019-05-04T11:44:00-04:00

Everyone hates the Vessel, the stairway to nowhere for capitalism’s grifters at the heart of New York’s latest mirage of a neighborhood, Hudson Yards. Perhaps that’s why it’s so refreshing to see an observation tower that actually leads somewhere meaningful beyond an Instagram selfie frame: the Camp Adventure Observation Tower in Denmark.

While Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel has been a media darling (or pariah) for the last month, a similarly tall, arguably more elegant observation tower quietly popped up in a Dane forest.

The Camp Adventure Forest Tower, by Effekt

The Camp Adventure Forest Tower, designed by Copenhagen-based firm Effekt, begins with a long serpentine boardwalk that directs a scenic path through the trees before reaching the gently sloping ramp that is the centerpiece of the project. Once visitors walk to the very top of the 147-foot structure ((for comparison, the Vessel is 150 feet), they are greeted with a view of the forest from all angles, thanks to its perfectly circular observation deck.

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Check out Effekt's Camp Adventure Forest Tower, Denmark's answer to NYC's Vessel