Zîv Mobîlyayên Kolanan · 2023
Skystation Banqê Peykersaz
by Peter Newman
- Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn 2023 in Mobîlyayên Kolanan
- CLIENT: Peter Newman Studio
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 745,433
- Verification code C6E73AC4C9 · Verify this award
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About Skystation Banqê Peykersaz
Skystation peykerek înteraktîf e ku di heman demê de hin rûniştina giştî jî peyda dike. Rêzikên xebatê ji bo ku li gorî şiklê mirovê razayî tevbigerin û teşwîqkirina ramana ezmanan bikin hatine sêwirandin. Rûniştina ku ew peyda dike dişibihe ya ku NASA jê re dibêje Rawestandina Laşê Bêalî, ku ew şeklê ku laş jê vedigere dema ku ji bandora gravîtasyonê azad bibe. Skystation di nav qada gelemperî de ji bo sekinîn, refleks û danûstendinê fersendek diafirîne. Ew ji ramana modernîst a form li pey fonksiyonê îlham girtiye. Ew bandorek rastdar e ku danûstendinên di navbera biyaniyan de hema hema neçar dike.
About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn
Skystation Banqê Peykersaz xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn e, nasîneke bi awayekî awarte bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên di asta herî bilind de, xweşik û bibandor re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Zîvînê karên pir birûsk û pir afirîner in, yên ku pisporiya hêja, jêhatîbûn û zîrekiya sêwiranerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Skystation Banqê Peykersaz karekî mînak, pir pîşekar û bi kûrahî nûjen be. Ev sêwirana bi Zîvînê serketî vedîtineke berbiçav û hatiye sitayişkirin e ku ji bo fireh kirina sînorên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê tevkarî dike. Skystation Banqê Peykersaz afirandinek e ku gelek kes çavê xwe lê dikin, daxwazan şiyar dike, hestên erênî tîne û heyirînê çêdike.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- 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. - Dimensions & Packaging
- 4100mm x 4100mm x 675mm
- Tags
- Skystation, sculpture, bench, public art, installation, seating
- Production Technology
- 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. - Design Challenge
- 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. - Research
- 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. - Project Duration
- Permanent installation at Canary Wharf, London.
- Operation Flow
- 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.
- Image Credits
- 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
