A city sculpture

The Nawa sculpture is a part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations, whose main slogan is “metamorphoses of culture”, i.e. shifts occurring in the domain of culture, communities and the city itself. The idea of metamorphosis itself also underlies the sculpture.

  Nawa is an ultralight, durable construction made up of 35 steel arches making the openwork gate through which any can walk freely. Received bionic form and polished surface reflecting the surroundings create the effect of naturaly growing sculpture with constantly changing look through the day and gives amazing game of lights at any time of the day. Bionic shapes establish the impression that the sculpture grows straight from the ground. Simultaneously, the construction based on the arches relates to the monuments nearby: The Ossolineum, the church’s tower at Piasek, Wrocław Market Hall and Ostrów Tumski.

Nawa, Wrocław
Program: installation
Design: Oskar Zięta
Year: 2017