Spanda
Art Collaboration
Spanda
Artist
Christian de Vietri, Artist
Client
Metropolitan Development Authority of Western Australia
Location
Elizabeth Quays, Perth
Details
Spanda’s 29m tall design represents ripples and links the Swan River, land and sky. ShapeShift worked closely with the artist to ensure his vision and desire to express this link was able to be spectacularly realised. The collaboration included a comprehensive engineering solution that allowed the piece to achieve outstanding rigidity even under extreme weather conditions.
"My absolute priority was to achieve a thin and elegant form. ShapeShift were able to engineer a solution that maintains the artistic integrity of Spanda by delivering extraordinary rigidity to the spans - even 29 metres off the ground."