Squelette, designed by Electrolight for Pier One Sydney Harbour, translates the movement of sea creatures and yachts into a suspended light sculpture. Axolotl fabricated the work for the Bates Smart hotel interior.
- Project
- Squelette · Donn Salisbury
- Location
- Pier One Sydney Harbour, Walsh Bay, Sydney
- Collaborators
- Electrolight; Bates Smart; photography by Rohan Venn
Light sculpture, bar surfaces and floor inlays: Axolotl
Lighting design: Electrolight
Architect: Bates Smart
Photography: Rohan Venn
Axolotl’s scope
Fabricate Squelette and produce the hotel’s bar surfaces and brass floor inlays.
Materials and processes
Applied metal on machined sculpture components; aged brass inlays; zinc sheet metal with a distressed Florentine surface.
The challenge and response
More than 300 sculpture parts required assembly on site and a lightweight brass appearance. Applied metal gave the machined organic forms their material character, while the suspended assembly used gravity to hold its form.
Photographs and film
