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ARCELORMITTAL ORBIT

Created with long-time collaborator Anish Kapoor, Orbit engages with a new language of ‘tower’, refusing to adhere to prevailing typological paradigms. The geometry of the nonlinear in its purest form, instead of going up in a straight line, the creation is an ‘orbit’ – a continuous loop from the start to the finish that goes around and comes back on itself. One strand is all there is, overlapping, moving in space to create a vertical arabesque. Art as structure.

Location:
London, UK
Collaborators:
Anish Kapoor, Arup AGU, Ushida Findlay Architects
Completion:
May 2012
Built Area:
300 sqm, 115 m in height
Program:
Public Art Sculpture
Budget:
£21 million
Client:
London Legacy Development Corp.

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