Public sculpture

“ORB” is a sculpture that combines formal simplicity with a deep symbolic charge.Initially conceived to be placed in front of the majestic pyramids of Giza, this work presents the challenge of creating a harmonious dialogue with one of the most emblematic historical environments in the world.  Ruben PB Ruben PB Ruben PB The choice of Montreal's “Place des Arts” for the subsequent installation of “ORB” reinforces its universal character, establishing a meaningful link with a culturally rich and socially symbolic environment of the city.  Ruben PB Ruben PB Ruben PB At its core, “ORB” reinterprets an everyday object - the convex traffic mirror - by transf... More

Mount Morgan is a small town located 40km south-west of Rockhampton in Central Queensland. The town has a little-known but rich history of gold and copper mining, and in 2014 the local council started a master-planning process to revitalise the main streetscape. Cameron Murchison Cameron Murchison The existing context became very important in the concept for the new streetscape. Morgan Street contained a 10-metre-wide park down the middle of the main street, flanked by two one-way roads. Shops and small businesses occupied the northern side of the street, and a local primary school the south. The existing park contained an ageing amenities block, some informal landscaping, and a few items of historical significance. These importa... More

In one of the capital’s main rotundas this hotel now stands, innovative, young and playful, decomposed in horizontal planes ‘in motion’; it enhances the circular space of the square and blends with the surroundings. João Bessone João Bessone In the corner there is a sculptural hand, a humorous touch, supporting the building and hence stands out above the drabness of day to day urban life. João Bessone João Bessone Horizontal lines follow the square’s perimeter curves and define the deconstructed volumes in the corner. Natural materials like stone, glass and metal participate in the volumetric play and enhance the tensions between the various planes. João Be... More

As part of the Gauteng freeway improvement project SANRAL (South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd) commissioned AECOM SA (Pty) Ltd (then BKS (Pty) Ltd) and Mathews & Associates Architects to design the parapet cladding and lighting  for the Nellmapius bridge.   The bridge had to act as a gateway to the recently completed Gauteng Freeway improvement Project. The notion of random and the art of origami were combined to reflect as a metaphor for the many facets of the province of Gauteng and the country as a whole.    Designs from other disciplines using fractal geometry were used as precedents and the design development process was hands-on, using paper models to conceptualise and generate the final design and... More

Mask Architects developed a proposal for a public artwork to be located in Nuevo Polanco, Mexico City " Hole Zero + Timeless Kinetic Art Sculpture" has been selected one of 5 finalists among  340 international projects and Artist for MassivArt and MIRA  investment and real estate development company in Mexico.  Designed by Öznur Pınar ÇER, Danilo PETTA " Hole Zero + Timeless Kinetic Art Sculpture" is the first spiral interactive movement and rotated lattice loop structure in the world which has filled easily controlled rotatable kinetic art panels by human movements where human are interactive and environmental data according to the location of the structure on the site. Inspired by spacetime curving/bending whic... More

iconic landmarksFantastic play cloud structures have arisen in the city of Istanbul. They are the iconiclandmarks of a new open air playground on the roof park of Marmara Forum, ashopping centre in the Bakirköy district. The windows of the clouds magically changecolours as daylight changes throughout the day. While in silence at the moment,soon the happy sounds of excited children will be covering the site.new allureCarve was asked to make a design for the playground on the rooftop terrace ofMarmara Forum, 24 metres above street level. The terrace and the food court hadbeen renovated to re-establish the Forum as a prominent shopping centre, and itneeded a new playground that matches that allure.conceptThe playground has areas designate... More