vasily klyukin envisions winged victory of samothrace tower
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russian architect and businessman vasily klyukin has envisioned a monumental design for a tower, which intersects a globally renowned fine art masterpiece into an architectural scheme.
motivated by an interest in the myths and legends of ancient greece, klyukin adopts the form of ‘winged victory of samothrace’ — a 2nd-century BC marble sculpture of the greek goddess nike — as the anatomy of a soaring residential skyscraper. ‘usually towers compete in height‘, klyukin tells designboom, ‘I wanted to compete in beauty, playing with the acts and forms. I just couldn’t bypass the goddess of beauty and victory with my attention.’

 

the building’s construction and design correlates with geographical and climatic conditions, architectural surroundings and cultural traditions of a specific region. in many of the visualizations, ‘nike’ overlooks a vast waterfront, referencing the original statue’s commemoration, not only of the goddess, but of a victorious sea battle. klyukin believes that a symbolic building project greatly contributes to the development of economy, attraction of investment and the increase of tourism, and proposes this construction as the epitome of the ways in which a structure can do this.

vasily klyukin envisions winged victory of samothrace building
‘nike’ tower overlooks a city

vasily klyukin envisions winged victory of samothrace building
the soaring structure is wrapped in the anatomy of the famous marble statue

vasily klyukin envisions winged victory of samothrace building
klyukin sees a symbolic building project greatly contributing to the development of an economy

vasily klyukin envisions winged victory of samothrace building
layers of glass delineate the winged form