Assignment 2: Designing your Folly

Whilst researching materials for the design of my Folly, I came across an artist called Rita McBride, who has designed a sculpture called Mae West using carbon fibre tubes, from this design I have taken my inspiration.

Mae West stands in Effnerplatz Square, Bogenhausen Quarter, Munich. The sculpture has the form of a hyperboloid and consists of a double structure made out of carbon fibre tubes, standing 52m high overall, has a diameter of 32m at the bottom and 19.5m at the top, with a 7.5m waistline.

I watched the most amazing time lapse of the sculpture being constructed, link at the bottom for your reference.

Images

Fig. 1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_West_(sculpture) accessed 28.9.20

Fig. 2 https://www.imago-images.de/fotos-bilder/mae-west-mcbride accessed 28.9.20

Fig. 3 https://www.imago-images.de/fotos-bilder/mae-west-mcbride accessed 28.9.20

Fig. 4 & 5 https://www.panterra.ae/en/timelapse-and-site-monitoring-references/art-sculpture-mae-west.php accessed 28.9.20

Referencing

https://www.panterra.tv/en/timelapse-and-site-monitoring-references/art-sculpture-mae-west.php accessed 28.9.20