San Diego Museum of Art

San Diego, california

This kinetic sculpture engages the architecture by rising from the ground floor through the second floor to the ceiling of the rotunda 40-feet overhead. The helical form is asymmetrical, with the longer side supporting a vertical garden of soft greenery and flowers, and the short side showcasing the hard, faceted texture of the structural design.

B Y T H E N U M B E R S
A steel structural rod supports 1500 feet of aluminum tubing; all of which rotates on a custom rotator motor
2500 flowers, including roses, peonies, ranunculuses, anthuriums and orchids, and a vertical garden of sprengeri fern
Weight of 2000 pounds