Botanical garden from a bird's eye view

At the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town, a winding wooden gallery has opened to the public, allowing visitors to experience an entirely new experience and admire the beautiful park from above. The gallery was designed by local architect Mark Thomas and engineer Henry Fagan to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the botanical garden. The gallery was named Boomslang after a poisonous South African snake that lives on trees. The creators drew an analogy with a snake, because their gallery is also winding and laid in the crowns of trees.

The stunning Bumslang review gallery immediately fell in love with visitors to Kirstenbosch and is now one of the most visited objects of the National Botanical Garden. The gallery offers an amazing view of one of the most famous dendrological reserves of the country. The length of the Boomslang Observation Gallery is nothing short of 430 feet. It is mounted above the park at an altitude of about 40 feet. The gallery offers a fascinating view of the tops of centuries-old trees and Table Mountain, which is located to the east of the park.

The entire structure is supported by ten steel columns, on which prefabricated ribbed structures made of galvanized steel components by laser cutting and welding were fixed. These ribbed structures support the gallery deck itself.

Bumslang was laid in a picturesque corner of the Cape Town Botanical Garden so as not to damage centuries-old trees. In the pine platform of the gallery there are even special holes through which trunks or large branches of trees freely pass. In order for the gallery to harmoniously fit into the surrounding landscape, the architects painted galvanized steel with a special paint that resembles algae in color.

Source: www.ecobyt.ru/