Skystation Aḍekkan Aseklu sɣur Peter Newman

Skystation Aḍekkan Aseklu sɣur Peter Newman d anerbaz yettwaqadren meqqren n 2023 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa deg Taggayt n Tnaflit n Afeṣṣel n Iferrasen n Ubrid.

LfeṭṭaIferrasen n Ubrid· 2023

Skystation Aḍekkan Aseklu

sɣur Peter Newman

Amsaɣ: Peter Newman Studio

Anerbaz n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa deg Taggayt n Iferrasen n Ubrid

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Wali deg A' Design Award Tabḍert n tɣamsa Tanecḍa n wammud

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Afeṣṣel

Ɣef Skystation Aḍekkan Aseklu

Skystation d aseklu amyigawan i d-yettmuddun daɣen kra n yidigen n tuqqna tazayezt. Tiɣunmin n twuri-a ttwabnan akken ad msefraken d talɣa n ufgan aseksa yerna sseǧhudent ɣer useknu n igenwan. Tuqqna i d-yettmuddu tecba ɣer wayen i tessemsemmay NASA s yisem Neutral Body Posture, d talɣa i ɣer i d-yuɣal lfufeg mi ara yili d ilelli seg wazal n tsaɣult. Skystation yettmuddu tawsa i wakud n taneflit, aseknu akked umyigaw deg tallunt tazayezt. Yettwasseḥbiber s tikti tatrart n "talɣa teṭṭafaṛ taɣawsa". Yesɛa iferdisen iseggwasen n tsalin gar ibeṛṛaniyen s wudem qrib ilzamen.

Asmekti

Ɣef Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa

Skystation Aḍekkan Aseklu d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa, tagmat ɛlayen i yisnulfa yelhan, yeḥlan s waṭas. Imerbaḥen n Lfeṭṭa d isnulfa yelhan akk, yesɛan tmusni d tazmert. Skystation Aḍekkan Aseklu ad yili d asnulfu amaynut, yelhan, ad yeǧǧ ddunit tennuɣ.

Deffir n ufeṣṣel

Tagrurt n tɣamsa

Ismawen n terbaɛt, iferdisen itiknikanen akked telɣut i d-yefka umeṣṣufeɣ.

Taɣara Tasuft: 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.
Tigejdiwin & Akemmus: 4100mm x 4100mm x 675mm
Tibzimin: Skystation, sculpture, bench, public art, installation, seating
Tasnakta n Ufares: 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.
Asewḥel n Usnulfu: 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.
Anadi: 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.
Aseḥbiber: 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.
Tanzagt n Usenfar: Permanent installation at Canary Wharf, London.
Tanila n Umahil: 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.
Imsuren n Tugniwin: 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