daniel libeskind places beyond the wall at cosentino's spanish headquarters

daniel libeskind places beyond the wall at cosentino’s spanish headquarters
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studio daniel libeskind has placed ‘beyond the wall’ outside the world headquarters of the cosentino group, in almeria, spain, using the company’s recently released surface material dekton®, an ultra-compact product used primarily for a façade covering. libeskind has used the dekton® to clad the sculptural installation, which represents the infinite possibilities of a spiral. the structure’s fractal pattern relates to the golden section, fitting and locking together on top a grassy mound; by not having a central axis, various trajectories are created within the piece. protruding in many directions ‘beyond the wall’ twists 8.5 meters high. the product’s whitest finish, named ‘zenith’, was the chosen for interior and exterior walls, to contrast the smooth black chroma of the ‘sirius’ finish, selected for the floors. a temporary version of this sculpture was first showcased during milan’s design week 2013, at the statale university, which designboom has previously featured, here.

‘beyond the wall’ is boldly situated on top of a hill as a bright white structure
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the sculpture is placed in front of the company’s headquarters and overlooks a parking lot
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the non-repeating pattern creates a mathematical mosiac
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detail of the polycentric spiral
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detail of the permanent ‘beyond the wall’ piece
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detail of the juxtaposing white and black panels
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rendering of ‘beyond the wall’
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night render of the structure
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original sketch of the initial concept for the piece
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project info:

architect: studio daniel libeskind
client: cosentino
location: almeria, spain
status: completed
completion date: 2014