How do you think about pylons? Is it beautiful or ugly? If you have an image about pylons as huge strange lattice structures damaging scenery around them, you will change your mind when you read this news.
According to Pylon design competition revealed in the BBC online news, Department of Energy and Climate Change and energy firm National Grid in the UK organized the pylon competition encouraged by increasing need of a number of pylon to connect new renewable energy plants such as wind, nuclear and hydroelectric power, resulting from trying to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. The winner is T-pylon designed by Bystrup, Danish engineering firm, and get a 5,000 pounds prize. T-pylon is much shorter and smaller than existing pylons. Most existing pylons are about 50m in height and 30 tones in weight whereas T-pylon is about 32m in height and 20 tones in weight. This means new designed T-pylon is less intrusive. Another five runners-up receive a 1,000 pounds prize each.
Actually, I do not like the winner's design, T-pylon. I think it seems very simple but it may be more practical than the others. There are also many interesting pylon designs in this competition and you can see all of them from this link http://www.ribapylondesign.com/gallery. In my view, it is a good idea to redesign something that blight scenery such as pylon to blend with its environment. It makes more value in addition to its functionality. For example, dams which function to irrigate land or crops can be tourist attractions if they have a beautiful design. In Thailand, I think there are many things are messy and blight scenery such as the disorder of wires on electric post. What do you think there are anything in Thailand that should be redesign most?
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Golf,
ReplyDeleteYour blog is very interesting.
Even though I don't have any artistic talent, I like appreciating art works. I saw the other entries, but I think T-pylon is the best. As you said, it is less intrusive than others. what does it remind you of?
In my case, women's earrings.
By the way,I don't come up with anything which should be redesigned right now, but there is a very good design in Thailand. I saw many unique buildings here. I enjoy watching them very much on the way to AUA. My favorite building is Met Building in Sathon. Do you possibly know the building?