Skystation Scamnum Sculpturale ab Peter Newman

Opus Skystation Scamnum Sculpturale a designatore Peter Newman est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2023 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Categoria Certaminis Supellex Viae.

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Skystation Scamnum Sculpturale

a Peter Newman

Cliens: Peter Newman Studio

Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Categoria Supellex Viae

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De Skystation Scamnum Sculpturale

Skystation sculptura interactiva est quae etiam sessio quaedam publica praebet. Venustates operis ordinantur ad humanam formam accommodandam et ad contemplationem caeli aptandam. Sedes quam praebet simile est iis quae NASA Corpus Posturam vocat Neutralem, quae figura est corpus redeunte ab influentia gravitatis. Skystatio occasionem morae, reflexionis et commercii in regno publico creat. Inspirata a modernista idea formae sequitur munus. Effectum incidentem habet colloquia faciendi inter alienos paene inevitabiles.

Agnitio

De Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Skystation Scamnum Sculpturale victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Skystation Scamnum Sculpturale opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Skystation Scamnum Sculpturale creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

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Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.

Proprietates Singulares: 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.
Dimensiones et Involucrum: 4100mm x 4100mm x 675mm
Notulae: Skystation, sculpture, bench, public art, installation, seating
Technologia Productionis: 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.
Provocatio Designandi: 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.
Investigatio: 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.
Inspiratio: 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.
Duratio Operis: Permanent installation at Canary Wharf, London.
Cursus Operationis: 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.
Agnitiones Imaginum: 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