STATUS
COMPLETED
Scaled to 1/500,000th of the Earth’s surface, the inflatable metallic sphere is a source of social gravity and shade for a temporary city in the Nevada desert attended by more than 70,000 people each year.
The planet like sculpture is an inflated spherical mirror, constructed of the same fabric as NASA weather balloons and supported by a 32 m-long inclined steel mast, baseplate, and foundation anchors.
The Orb’s material is designed to easily inflate and deflate, leaving no trace.
During the day, The Orb and life below the installation reflects onto its belly to serve as a beacon in the night and a destination in the desert.
Because of The Orb’s curvature, it reflects the space and people around it, showing the social energy and exchange from an entirely new perspective – essentially turning public life into public artifact.
Bjarke Ingels Kai-Uwe Bergmann Thomas Christoffersen Daniel Sundlin Agustin Perez-Torres Martin Voelkle Leon Rost Jakob Lange Alana Goldweit Alvaro Velosa Jason Wu Corliss Ng Cristina Medina-Gonzalez Elizabeth Mcdonald Emmett Walker Fabian Lorenz Florencia Kratsman Guillaume Evain Isabella Marcotulli Jakob Henke Jan Leenknegt Jelena Vucic Kayeon Lee Kelly Neill Linus Saavedra Veronica Acosta Mattie Kennedy Max Moriyama Melissa Jones Michael Rene Hansen Morgan Day Patrick Hyland Peter Sepassi Phillip Macdougall Richard Elbert Ryan Harvey Sanam Salek Sebastian Claussnitzer Seo Young Shin Simon Scheller Sören Grünert Taylor Hewett Thomas Smith Tracy Sodder Lawrence-Olivier Mahadoo Autumn Visconti Casey Tucker Chris Tron Ji-Young Yoon Jeremy Alain Siegel Abigail Kelly Alda Sol Hauksdóttir Alessandro Zanini Alexander Dennis William Niemantsverdriet Alex Bogdan Ritivoi Andy Coward Anna Bertolazzi Ariel Diaz Athena Morella Andy Young Bart Ramakers Benjamin Novacinski Benson Chien Catalina Rivera Rothgaenger Cæcilie Søs Brandt-Olsen Duncan Horswill Emily Bauer Ewa Zapiec Filippo Testa Gabriel Hernandez Solano Giulio Rigoni Henriette Helstrup Hilda Heller Hongduo Zhou Hugo Yun Tong Soo Jakub Klimes Jarrod Caranto Jakub Wlodarczyk Jennifer Dudgeon Jonas Aarsø Larsen Kim Christensen Laura Wätte Laurent De Carniere Luca Pileri Mads Christian Klestrup Pedersen Manon Otto Mariana De Soares e Barbieri Cardoso Mattia Di Carlo Michael Leef Nicolas Lapierre Nicole Passarella Pia Møller-Holst Raphael Ciriani Riccardo Garrone Samantha Okolita Sarkis Sarkisyan Seunghan Yeum Timo Harboe Nielsen Tore Banke Xinying Zhang Chelsea Chiu (Yeuk Lam) Benjamin Caldwell Dong-Joo Kim Karolina Bouros Ma Ning Sebastian Grogaard Ola Sobczyk Weronica Zaborek
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