Ball fountain Donbass Arena
The world's largest floating granite sphere with a diameter of 270 cm stands in front of the new Donbass Arena of FC Shaktar Donetsk in the Ukraine. Pressure of just 2.4 bar is sufficient to let the 28 tonne sphere of solid granite float weightless on its base stone. The sphere fountain was constructed to mark the UEFA EURO 2012 European Football Championship.
Project Details
- builder:
- SCM (System Capital Management) Limited
- dimension:
- ball-Ø 270 cm, base-Ø 350 cm h= 80 cm
- location:
- Donetsk, Ukraine
- Year:
- 2009
- landscape architect:
- fagus FachGesellschaft für Umwelt und Stadtplanung
Used natural stones
Tittling Coarse Grain, polished
Floating Ball| Trade name: | Tittling Coarse Grain |
| Petrographic name : | Granite |
| Quarry: | Hoehenberg Quarry, Bachstraße 27, 94104 Tittling, Germany |
| Coordinates: | 13.364° E / 48.745° N (WGS 84) |
| Typical colour: | faintly yellow, greyish-white |
| Visual appearance: | coarse-grained; appears with white, partially also differently coloured veining of differing widths and shapes as well as darker inclusions in various sizes and streaks |
Tittling Coarse Grain, honed
Base stone| Trade name: | Tittling Coarse Grain |
| Petrographic name : | Granite |
| Quarry: | Hoehenberg Quarry, Bachstraße 27, 94104 Tittling, Germany |
| Coordinates: | 13.364° E / 48.745° N (WGS 84) |
| Typical colour: | faintly yellow, greyish-white |
| Visual appearance: | coarse-grained; appears with white, partially also differently coloured veining of differing widths and shapes as well as darker inclusions in various sizes and streaks |
Any questions?
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