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Monday, June 11, 2007
Building with oscillating exterior
As part of the Liverpool Biennial, sculptor Richard Wilson designed a system that rotates and revolves part of a building's façade. The piece, titled "Turning the Place Over," is running at Cross Keys House, Moorfields, until the end of next year. From the Liverpool Biennial press release:
Link to YouTube video, Link to press release (Thanks, Lindsay Tiemeyer!)The revolving façade rests on a specially designed giant rotator, usually used in the shipping and nuclear industries, and acts as a huge opening and closing ‘window’, offering recurrent glimpses of the interior during its constant cycle during daylight hours.
The construction programme started in February 2007 and involves the careful deconstruction of the façade across three floors of the building, which is then reconstructed and fixed to the enormous pivot installed at the heart of the building. This astonishing feat of engineering will stun audiences on many levels. Disturbing and disorientating from a distance, from close-up passers-by have a thrilling experience as the building rotates above them.
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