Domus showed this beautiful sculpture/bench on its weekly newsletter. Designed by Ian McChesney, it was a competition winner of the Public Art program in NW England, city of Blackpool (north of Liverpool). Its arc shape in plan forms a curving bench for 8 people while extending 8 meters vertically to become a “wind shelter”. This wind shelter rotates 360 degree to protect the occupants from the wind. Some of McChesney’s sculptural design uses amazingly simple method. He draws the organic shape on a piece of paper in 2D then cut it out to fold or bend them to create a 3D form, not unlike Gehry in some regards. This kind of old school model/form making is still a lot faster and more effective than using computer, especially non-90 degree geometry.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Whale's Tail in England
Domus showed this beautiful sculpture/bench on its weekly newsletter. Designed by Ian McChesney, it was a competition winner of the Public Art program in NW England, city of Blackpool (north of Liverpool). Its arc shape in plan forms a curving bench for 8 people while extending 8 meters vertically to become a “wind shelter”. This wind shelter rotates 360 degree to protect the occupants from the wind. Some of McChesney’s sculptural design uses amazingly simple method. He draws the organic shape on a piece of paper in 2D then cut it out to fold or bend them to create a 3D form, not unlike Gehry in some regards. This kind of old school model/form making is still a lot faster and more effective than using computer, especially non-90 degree geometry.
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