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010 Columbia Memorial

The project is a proposal for a memorial to be installed at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral to honor the memory of the seven astronauts who lost their lives in the Columbia Shuttle tragedy on February 1, 2003, during its return to Earth. The seven carbon fiber rods are moving slowly with the wind. Rotating dichroic glass mirrors at the top multiply the reflections of light from the Sun and the Moon.

Project Details

Background: Disintegration of space shuttle Columbia on Feb 1, 2003 during reentry
Objectives: Create a memorial reaching to the sky
Concept: Vertical rods with reflecting mirrors swaying in the wind
Location: Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Materials: Carbon fibre, aluminum, glass
Structure: Vertical carbon fiber rods with rotating mirrors
Technologies: Carbon fiber filaments
Energy: Stand-alone using solar-powered batteries and hydro-power
Dimensions: h 30 m
Weight: Rod 52 kg
Typology: Memorial
Design Team: Architecture and Vision - Arturo Vittori and Andreas Vogler

Italian

Il progetto è la proposta per un monumento da installare presso il Kennedy Space Center di Houston, per onorare la memoria dei sette astronauti che persero la vita nella tragedia dello Shuttle Columbia il 1° febbraio 2003, durante il rientro verso la Terra. Pensate per muoversi lentamente con il vento, le aste in fibra di carbonio montano sulla cima specchi e vetri bi-cromatici che ruotano moltiplicando i riflessi della luce del Sole e della Luna.

French

Ce projet est une proposition de monument mémorial destiné à être installé au Centre Spatial Kennedy de Houston pour rendre hommage aux 7 astronautes qui perdirent la vie lors de tragédie de la navette spatiale Columbia durant sa rentrée sur Terre, le 1er Février 2003. Conçues pour se mouvoir doucement au gré du vent, des tiges en fibres de carbone dotées à leur sommet de miroirs et verres bichromatiques rotatifs, multiplient les reflets de la lumière du Soleil et de la Lune.

Arabic

هذا المشروع عبارة عن اقتراح لإقامة نصب تذكاري في مركز كيندي للفضاء في كيب كانافيرال، وذلك لإحياء ذكرى رواد الفضاء السبعة الذين لقوا مصرعهم في مأساة المكوك كولومبيا في الأول من فبراير عام 2003 في طريق عودتهم إلى الأرض. وهذا النصب مُعد للتحرك ببطء مع الرياح، فتقوم أعمدة الألياف الكربونية المثبتة أعلاه والمزودة بالمرايا والزجاج مزدوج اللون بالدوران، مضاعفة بذلك انعكاس أضواء الشمس والقمر.

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Project Date

2003

Category

Art

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