Archermit Designs Glass-Floored Viewpoint Over Tibetan Canyon's 'Devil's Road'
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Jon Astbury
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Summary
Chinese architecture studio Archermit has designed a glass-floored cantilevering viewpoint at the Nujiang River 72 Turns Canyon Scenic Area in Tibet. The project transforms a dangerous section of the Sichuan-Tibet Highway (known as The Devil's Road) into a visitor destination, creating a 'playground to pursue thrills' above the perilous landscape. The viewpoint features dramatic cantilevering design with glass floors that allow visitors to experience the canyon's extreme height and danger in a controlled environment.
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The viewpoint sits in an infamous stretch of the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, or G318, known as The Devil's Road due to its dangerous hairpin turns above the Nujiang Grand Canyon.
Archermit creates 'playground to pursue thrills' above Tibetan canyon
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