Twin Towers | Construction

When I started to build Tower I of my skyscraper (btw, the right one) my dark ages "officially" ended. Packed with a bunch of pick-a-bricks and a first set #10039 "Black Falcon's Fortress" I left the LEGO brand store in January 2003, just to turn my flat into "LEGOLAND" soon after. A lot of pick-a-bricks and another 14 sets #10039 should follow...

Construction principles

By "nature", a skyscraper is rather vertical and since those white "ribs" were a must from the beginning, I had to spend some thoughts on how this should hold together. The facade would definetly not carry the weight of the whole building. Well, this applies to most real skyscrapers too. So, why not apply the principle of a core to the model? So, I built a massive core of 10 x 10 studs inside the tower with bars reaching out and holding the facade every 12 bricks height.

Basement	Lower module third	Structure from above
Module construction	Module base	Structure from below

Each tower devides into three large modules plus another one for the building top. The large modules have a height of 6 castle wall corners or 36 bricks plus another 6 bricks for the junctions.The two towers are connected by skybridges between module 1 and 2 resp. 2 and 3, a design element I "borrowed" directly from the Petronas Towers. All modules are connected loosely, so I can disassemble the model into ten parts for transport.

First there was only one tower planned. But my wife and all my friends encouraged me to build two of them, cause only twin towers would look really cool! Due to the redesign, the layout of the ground changed a few times. First, I lifted the ground level up to 5 bricks height, so I could build street tunnels, a riverside and last but not least a massive foundation for the towers. Later, I changed the water color from sandgreen to sandblue and shifted the ground left of Tower I to the left of Tower II.

To be able to present my towers appropriately and role them out of the way if needed, I built a mobile wooden display socket with a ground area of 100 x 50 studs. And since I would build for some months on this project, I added a black and yellow montage platform with some tiny cranes on it.

First module finished	Module junction with cable	Module with montage platform and display socket	Two modules and ground for Tower II finished
Tower I finished	The first skybridge is mounted	The ground is now finished and Tower II grows

After approx. five months of building, I finished the Twin Towers to the greatest distance. However, I added the ultimately final parts in December 2003.

The only thing still missing at the moment is the lighting I planned for. Fortunatly, most of the cables needed for this are already inside.

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