Designed by Phillip Hall-Patch, Brighton, UK.
The structure is conceived as a viewing platform for looking out to sea and along the coast. Visitors will walk through two high walls and up a short flight of steps that lead to a viewing platform. The unusual feature of this structure is the use of salt blocks to clad the structure. This part of the Lincolnshire coast has a long history of salt production and is known to have been a centre of salt production during Roman times. The structure will be clad in pristine white salt blocks. Theses are formed under high pressure to create blocks with a similar density to an engineering brick. A concrete core would support and hold the blocks, and create a safe structure, whilst performing a similar function once the salt has disappeared.
‘Salt Licks’ is proposed to be located at the southern end of the car parking terrace on Huttoft seafront.
The structure is conceived as a viewing platform for looking out to sea and along the coast. Visitors will walk through two high walls and up a short flight of steps that lead to a viewing platform. The unusual feature of this structure is the use of salt blocks to clad the structure. This part of the Lincolnshire coast has a long history of salt production and is known to have been a centre of salt production during Roman times. The structure will be clad in pristine white salt blocks. Theses are formed under high pressure to create blocks with a similar density to an engineering brick. A concrete core would support and hold the blocks, and create a safe structure, whilst performing a similar function once the salt has disappeared.
‘Salt Licks’ is proposed to be located at the southern end of the car parking terrace on Huttoft seafront.
