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Barcelona Fish

Frank O. Gehry and Associates
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Fish
Peix
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/147102
Date
1992
Description
Large sphere "food" mounted on a nearby roof; A huge fish sculpture placed on Barcelona’s waterfront for the 1992 Olympics. The monumental fish sculpture functions as a landmark in the Olympic Village, anchoring a retail complex designed by Gehry Partners within a larger hotel development by Skidmore, Owing & Merill. This fish sculpture was also a landmark in the history of Frank O. Gehry & Associates, inaugurating the firm's use of computer-aided design and manufacturing; leading to the adoption of CATIA (computer aided three-dimensional interactive application). The sculpture was modeled entirely in 3D and delivered directly to the fabricators as a 3D model. The copper skin "scales" ride on a steel support system. Gehry has used the fish motif in sculpture and jewelry before; "three hundred million years before man was fish." Source: MIMOA (online architecture guide) [website]; http://www.mimoa.eu/ (accessed 5/28/2013)
Type of Work
sculpture (visual work)
Subject
animal, architecture, contemporary (1960 to present), Olympics, fish, goldfish, Twentieth century
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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