Concrete sculptures construction with recycling elements
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https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.09.033Keywords:
concrete sculptures, recycling, sustainability, art and science, dismountable sculpturesAbstract
This paper shows the conceptual development, project, constructive and execution processes of a group of seven sculptures designed to act as containers of other art works carried out by the Spanish artist Jesús Soler. This sculptural group bases its message on the sustainability and the recycling of materials. Its fundamental boundary conditions are the capacity to be mounted and dismounted without any anchorage to the soil, durability and protection of the art work in front of meteorological agents. The sculptural group transmits by itself an environmental message. This paper describes the geometry and proportions, based on the “Le Corbusier Modulor” and the golden section, as well as all the constructive techniques applied for the correct design of each sculpture: formwork systems, concrete with recycled arid, corten steel frames, anchorages, etc. Finally the first assembly process of this itinerant sculptural work is described; it is mounted in the Parque del Retiro in the city of Madrid (Spain).
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