| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1992 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Frank O. Gehry and Associates | en_US |
| dc.date | 1992 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-28T20:20:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-28T20:20:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1992 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 240226 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 2697 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/147102 | |
| dc.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) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | copper; steel | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | animal | en_US |
| dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | contemporary (1960 to present) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Olympics | en_US |
| dc.subject | fish | en_US |
| dc.subject | goldfish | en_US |
| dc.subject | Twentieth century | en_US |
| dc.title | Barcelona Fish | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Fish | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Peix | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-GF-BF-A13 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Spanish Catalan | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | sculpture (visual work) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Frank O. Gehry and Associates (American architectural firm, founded 1962) | en_US |
