Silica
Fact Sheet
Title of Project
Silica
Artist(s)
Wolfgang and Heron
Commissioner
North Somerset Council
Commenced
early 2005
Completed
spring 2007
Location
Weston-super-Mare
Scope
the sculpture is 4m at its widest, and has a tapering 30m spire
Materials
Bath stone-coloured, glass-reinforced concrete on a steel shell, stainless steel, LED lamps, blown-glass prisms
Budget
(for public art element) £398,600
Funding sources
Regional Development Agency, Single Regeneration Budget, Weston Tourism, NSC capital funds, Weston Town Council
Summary Artists’ Brief
an iconic structure or innovative and dynamic artwork that will dominate a newly-formed public space and act as a focal point, night and day; and incorporating electronic information points, a retail kiosk and possibly a bus shelter.
Project Manager (ie public art) Lesley Green and Diane Hatton
Other Professionals
Partners, Price and Myers, Gravity Design, Macaulay Sinclair, Daleside Shopfitters, Trent Concrete, Goodmans (fabricators)
Contacts for further information
Mark Luck, Project Co-ordinator (Urban Design), North Somerset Council
Wolfgang and Heron (Wolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron)
Conran & Partners
Gravity Design
Price and Myers 3D Structural Engineering
Liz Milner
Lesley Greene and Diane Hatton
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