I bet you have wondered many times what the wierd looking fish-like sculpture on Barceloneta really means and represents. It is a landmark of Barcelona`s seafront and we take it as a part of the our view on our evening walks along the cost. Its called El Peix or Golden fish designed by Frank Gehry and built for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The gold coloured steel structure serves as a canopy for the casino and commercial area which links the luxurious Hotel Arts to the seafront.
This large sculpture, measuring 35 meters high and 54 meters long, came out of Gehry’s interest and fascination fish imagery and their often extraordinary shapes. The sculpture is made out of stone, glass and steel.
The colour of the fish actually changes depending on the sunlight. During bright day, the fish has a clear gold shine which shifts to a darker bronze like colour during the evening.
Frank Gehry, a Canadian architect based in Los Angeles, is best known for his many notable structures throughout the world including the Stata Center in Cambridge near Boston, the Dancing House in Prague, the Pritzker Pavilion at the Millennium Park in Chicago, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the stunning NY By Gehry in New York City and many more eye-catching structures.
Like this sculpture, many of Gehry‘s works have been influenced by the basic form of the fish. He‘s also designed a line of jewelry and household items using the same fish motif.
Important is also to mention that intire construction was designed on the computer as a 3D model.
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