During semester 2, 2002, the School of Architecture & Design worked with Forestry Tasmania to produce wilderness seating in the Styx Valley.
The project generated a range of viewing options in a forest walk:
- The Falling wall-a fence like structure that starts all most vertical then recline to an angle of 45°- allowing walkers to recline standing at various angles
- A stump made of timber bricks is a way for the walker to enter the tree, the viewer is directed back towards the "Big tree" as they walk along the track
- The wobbly deck is designed to shake as walkers step onto it, heightening their awareness of elevation from the ground and creating suspense as the fallen tree is viewed
- A place to contemplate has an entry, isle down the middle with small decks either side. A place to be quiet is created.
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