Artist:
Carsten Nicolai, Berlin/Germany
Planning time:
2006
Construction time:
2006
Services rendered by Werner Sobek:
structural engineering of loadbearing structure and facade
Client:
Stiftung Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart/Germany
Photographer:
Zooey Braun, Stuttgart/Germany
Artist Carsten Nicolai from Berlin designed this 10 m high glass sculpture for a central square in Stuttgart. The sculpture is a temporary installation due to remain at its present place for two years. The sculpture is made of a minimized prestressed space framce of steel clad with triangular glass panes. The glass panes – which are up to 6 m large – were mitre-cut for minimized joint widths. They have a special chromium multi-layer coating, making them reflective in daytime and transparent at night. At night the sculpture is lit from the inside by lights built into the base of the sculpture.