Floating disc with sculpture
In front of the TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Stadium a 5 m high steel sculpture rotates weightlessly around its own axis on a floating disc. Due to the very high precision of the stone working, very small water pressure is sufficient to lift the disc and sculpture weighing 11.5 tonnes and set it in rotary motion. Both the disc and the base stone are monolithic granite elements with diameters of 2.8 m and 3.8 m.
Project Details
- builder:
- DH Besitzgesellschaft mbH & Co KG
- dimension:
- discs-Ø 2.8 m x 60 cm, base-Ø 3.8 m x 65 cm, sculpture height 5 m
- architect:
- Wilhelm Schneider, Walldorf
- location:
- TSG Stadium Hoffenheim 1899, Sinsheim
- Year:
- 2008
- positioner:
- AGN Niederberghaus & Partner GmbH
Used natural stones
Tittling Fine Grain, honed
Base stone, floating disc| Trade name: | Tittling Fine Grain |
| Petrographic name : | Granite |
| Quarry: | Hoehenberg Quarry, Bachstraße 27, 94104 Tittling, Germany |
| Coordinates: | 13.366° E / 48.744° N (WGS 84) |
| Typical colour: | light grey |
| Visual appearance: | fine/medium-grained; appears with white, partially also differently coloured veining of differing widths and shapes as well as darker inclusions in various sizes and streaks |
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