Barcelona Fish
Frank O. Gehry and Associates
Download1A1-GF-BF-A13_cp.jpg (354.3Kb)
Alternative Titles
Fish
Peix
Date
1992Description
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
Rights
Rights Statement
Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only