Skystation Skulpturel Bænk af Peter Newman er en højt anset vinder af den meget prestigefyldte 2023 A' Design Award i Sølv i konkurrencekategorien Gademøbeldesign.
SølvGademøbler· 2023
Skystation Skulpturel Bænk
af Peter Newman
Klient: Peter Newman Studio
Vinder af A' Design Award i Sølv i kategorien Gademøbler
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Om Skystation Skulpturel Bænk
Skystation er en interaktiv skulptur, der også giver nogle offentlige siddepladser. Værkets konturer er designet til at passe til den tilbagelænede menneskelige form og tilskynde til kontemplation af himlen. Den siddeplads, den giver, svarer til, hvad NASA kalder Neutral Body Posture, som er den form, kroppen vender tilbage til, når den er fri for tyngdekraftens indflydelse. Skystation skaber mulighed for pause, refleksion og interaktion i det offentlige rum. Den er inspireret af den modernistiske idé om form følger funktion. Det har den tilfældige effekt, at samtaler mellem fremmede bliver næsten uundgåelige.
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Om A' Design Award i Sølv
Skystation Skulpturel Bænk er vinder af A' Design Award i Sølv, en usædvanligt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles designs i topklasse, som er pragtfulde og imponerende. Sølvvinderne er enormt geniale og overordentlig kreative værker, der illustrerer deres designeres fremragende ekspertise, talent og skarpsindighed. Skystation Skulpturel Bænk forventes at være et vidunderligt udstillingsværk, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionelt og dybt innovativt. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Sølv, er en højst bemærkelsesværdig, beundret opfindelse, som gavner og flytter grænserne for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi. Skystation Skulpturel Bænk er en skabelse, som mange misunder, og som vækker begær, bringer positive følelser og antænder forundring og undren.
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- Unikke Egenskaber
- Skystation is an interactive sculpture that also provides some public seating. The contours of the work are designed to fit the reclining human form and encourage contemplation of the sky.
The seating it provides is similar to what NASA calls Neutral Body Posture, which is the shape the body returns to when free from the influence of gravity. Skystation creates an opportunity for pause, reflection and interaction within the public realm. Conversations between strangers are almost inevitable. - Dimensioner & Emballage
- 4100mm x 4100mm x 675mm
- Tags
- Skystation, sculpture, bench, public art, installation, seating
- Produktionsteknologi
- Cast aluminium bronze, brushed satin finish.
Six segments were sand cast and precision cut, to align together on a stainless steel sub-structure. Assembled together on site. - Designudfordring
- To realise the design as a permanent installation required production in a material that would last a long time and was in keeping with the aesthetic of the work.
Aluminium bronze is a material used in the marine environment due to its resistance to corrosion and seems fitting in redeveloped wharf of London.
A golden disk also has a symbolic association with the sun and the sky going back to antiquity.
The colour introduces a warm tone among the cool steel that characterises the district. - Forskning
- Real world research was done with life size seating profiles, tested by a large number of volunteers, to be as comfortable as possible to a wide range of people lying down.
The chosen profile was then spun through 360 degrees and refined into a sculpture form.
Fibreglass prototypes of the finished sculpture were installed in various public locations. This has shown the positive impact of introducing an interactive sculpture into the pubic realm. It appeals to all ages and serves as a place-making element and encourages social interaction. - Inspiration
- Inspired by the LC4 chaise-longue, by Le Corbusier, Perriand and Jeanneret and the modernist idea of form follows function.
Looking upwards is inherently optimistic, and something akin to thinking about the future. Cognitive research suggests we do our best thinking lying down. - Projektvarighed
- Permanent installation at Canary Wharf, London.
- Driftsflow
- The sculpture can be used for sitting and lying down by up to 12 people. Although designed with adults in mind, children find the most inventive ways to interact with the shape.
- Billedkreditering
- Image #1: Photographer Peter Newman, Skystation 2022
Image #2: Photographer Peter Newman, Skystation 2022
Image #3: Photographer Peter Newman, Skystation 2022
Image #4: Photographer Peter Newman, Skystation 2022
Image #5: Photographer Google Landsat / Copernicus, Canary Wharf 2022
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