WETTERPARK LOOK-OUT

DESCRIZIONE: The name SICHT [view] refers to both the beautiful vista towards Feldberg in the Taunus mountain range, and also in a meteorological sense to the...

The name SICHT [view] refers to both the beautiful vista towards Feldberg in the Taunus mountain range, and also in a meteorological sense to the visibility being ascertained. Light and clear air are essential to the visibility of remote objects. The look-out in the weather station park combines the aspects of view and visibility and uses them to explain atmospheric opacity and to observe the weather conditions and its bad weather fronts. The look-out is a slightly off kilter three-legged construction that seems to lean on a fourth support, a steeply ascending metal stair. The design was inspired by weather instruments balanced on a tripod, so that it ‘symbolizes the function of observing and analyzing’. The observation deck stands on the three steel columns that are made more visible by red and white swirls that give the impression of a construction zone. The platform is 10 metres above ground level and, in clear conditions, visitors can obtain a view over 30 kilometres. The angular metal shape acts as an open-air picture frame, holding the outspread landscape within its limits. It is pointed in the direction of Frankfurt and natural and manmade landmarks, such as the Taunus mountains and city skyscrapers, are used for reference on the information panels.