{"id":1122,"date":"2025-04-02T21:35:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T21:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2025-04-07T11:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:00:36","slug":"200000-rivets-secure-the-ultra-thin-aluminum-facets-of-the-orb-by-marc-fornes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/200000-rivets-secure-the-ultra-thin-aluminum-facets-of-the-orb-by-marc-fornes\/","title":{"rendered":"200,000 Rivets Secure the Ultra-Thin Aluminum Facets of \u2018The Orb\u2019 by Marc Fornes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From geometric, white panels riveted together into an undulating sphere, Marc Fornes \/ THEVERYMANY<\/a>\u2019s newest public installation invites visitors to immerse themselves in a luminous experience on Google’s Charleston East Campus in California.<\/p>\n

Designed as a physical embodiment of innovation and creativity, “The Orb” invites us into a 10-meter-tall, 26-meter-wide labyrinthine form made of ultra-thin aluminum. “Edged yet edgeless, surfaces curve, branch, split, rejoin, and split again,” the studio (previously<\/a>) says. “This extreme curvature\u2014achieved through cutting-edge computational design\u2014enables the surfaces to be entirely self-supporting despite being just three millimeters thick.”<\/p>\n

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“The Orb” comprises 6,441 individual components connected with more than 217,000 rivets. During the day, a pattern of holes speckles sunlight across the pavilion and onto the ground. At night, the structure is illuminated, casting deep shadows that contrast the bright details.<\/p>\n

Fornes’ mission, hybridizing elements of art and architecture, is to spark “the joy wandering, the joy of marveling.” <\/p>\n

Find more on THEVERYMANY website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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