Palafit

LaufsED collaborated with specialty metal fabricators Fittkau to provide substructural steel engineering for the art installation Palafit by Berlin based artist Anna Talens. The almost 7 meter long and 4 meter high modular stainless steel frame carries a high-gloss skin made of specially folded golden stainless steel sheets. It has been installed in the waters of CaixaForum, Valencia designed by the world famous architect Santiago Calatrava.
Location
Valencia, Spain
Architect
Anna Talens
Client
Fittkau
Scope
Structural Engineering