Running Head: - Sculptures and Architecture

Sculptures and Architecture

Saketh reddy
Roll no A03
Lovely School Of Architecture

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Angel of North and Architecture

The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture located near Gateshead in Tyne and
Wear, England. It has become one of the most talked about piece of art in the world.
According to Gormley, the significance of an angel was three-fold ,first-to signify that
beneath the site of its construction, coal miners worked for two centuries, second- to grasp
the transition from an industrial to an information age, and third-to serve as a focus for our
evolving hopes and fears.
Elements of architecture that can be seen in this sculpture are: Orientation: - The position or direction of the object with reference to the background. The
sculpture is appropriately orientated to withstand the winds of over 100 mph (160 km/h).
Example :- Most of the buildungs are orientated towards north in order to capture sunlight

Building name: - Blaas Bolzano

Location :- Italy

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Reference :- http://www.e-architect.co.uk/italy/blaas-bolzano

Scale - how massive or how small the sculpture is in relation to the surrounding. The scale of
this sculpture is massive. It is 20 metres (66 ft) tall, with wings measuring 54 metres (177 ft)
across.
Example :The below building has made a record because of its scale.
Name of the building: - Burj khalifa
Height :- 829.2m

Reference :-

http://www.burjkhalifa.ae/en/index.aspx

Balance - a state in which various parts form a satisfying and harmonious whole and nothing
is out of proportion or unduly emphasized at the expense of the rest. This sculpture also got
balance as it is in accurate proportion and no single thing is emphasized more, this sculpture
is totally balanced.
Example :-

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Name of the building :- 42nd route house

Location :- south korea
Quoted from: http://www.designersparty.com/entry/42nd-Route-House-Hee-Soo-Kwak
Texture and Pattern - the way in which an artist depicts the quality or appearance of a
surface. The sculpture has got rough and hard texture on its whole structure. There are many
vertical ribs were used to make the pattern on the structure.
Example :-

Name of the building :- CCTV

Location: - China
Reference: - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=179084

Symmetry: the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around
an axis. Angel of North has also got symmetry as if we cut vertically from centre it cuts into
equally two parts.
Example :-

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Name of the building: - Petronas Towers

Location: - Malaysia
Reference: - http://blog.buildllc.com/2008/10/3-relationships-of-architecture-to-the-earth/

Sculptures and Architecture

Architecture tends to play with the spatial and formal concepts but it get sometimes restricted
due to the limited budgetary and engineering constraints. So the Sculpture is the medium with
which one can perform formal and spatial tests to an infinity level without any architectural
limitations. Today in the world there are many sculptors whose work can be seen as work of
architecture. I had chosen the works of Robert Smithson, Richard Serra and Anish Kapoor.
Robert Smithsons Spiral Jetty

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Robert Smithson's earthwork Spiral Jetty (1970) is located at Rozel Point peninsula on the
northeastern shore of Great Salt Lake. Using over six thousand tons of black basalt rocks and
earth from the site, Smithson formed a coil 1,500 feet long and 15 feet wide that winds
counter clockwise off the shore into the water. In 1999, through the generosity of the artist
Nancy Holt, Smithsons wife, and the Estate of Robert Smithson, the artwork was donated to
Dia Art Foundation.
Reference: - http://www.diaart.org/sites/main/spiraljetty
Example:-

Name of the building :- Mobius Buddhist temple

Location :- china
Reference :- http://weburbanist.com/2014/02/05/spiral-architecture-12-swirling-buildingsbridges/

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