The building of the Colossus was unlike any other construction project of its time, this statue had to be surrounded with earth so that workers could build it from the ground up to guarantee that it still stood once finished. Chares of Lindos designed the Colossus uniquely because it had to represent a God in the form of a man standing and looking out over the sea's horizon. The unique design behind the Colossus was that a third support (like a tripod) had to hidden in the statue's design, to make this possible Chares used a cloak as a part of the design to drape down behind the statue and give the extra support.