Designers Anna Liu and Robert Urbanek-Zeller from London-based architects Tonkin Liu were in Burnley on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 March 2006 to talk about their plans for Burnley’s Panopticon, ‘Singing Ringing Tree’, to be sited at Crown Point.
On the Friday, they spent time with children at Rosewood Primary School, conducting experiments with pipes and wind to demonstrate how the Panopticon would be built, and later they made a presentation to local partners in the project. On the Saturday, Anna and Robert spoke at a well attended public meeting at Towneley Hall, explaining their plans for the 10ft tall ‘tree’, which will be made of 300 galvanised steel pipes and will make a subtle sound when the wind blows across it.
