Terri Meyer Boake BES BArch MArch LEED AP
Associate Professor :: Associate Director :: School of Architecture :: University of Waterloo

Millennium Park
Cloud Gate Sculpture

Anish Kapoor, Sculptor

Chicago, Illinois

 

Project Information:

Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United States. The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect the city's famous skyline and the clouds above. A 12-foot-high arch provides a "gate" to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives.

Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high.


link to Pritzker Pavilion
link to bp Bridge

Project Images:
The bean in the plaza.
Millinneum Park and the Pritzker Pavilion reflected in the surface of the bean.
Quite a tourist attraction.
The relationship between the sculpture and the Pritzker Pavilion.

Me, taking a picture of me.
The sculpture, set in the plaza.
Many sightseers gather to see the underside of the sculpture.
Underbelly of the bean. Finishing is set to take place in October 2005.
Children engaged in experiencing the reflective surface.
Underbelly of the bean, the unfinished seams, apparent.

The sculpture catching the setting sun.
Vertical reflections.

 



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These images are for educational use only and may not be reproduced commercially without written permission. tboake@sympatico.ca

Updated September 25, 2005