Solar Gate

16/05/2019

Company Bio

Albion House,

Springfield Road,

Horsham

West Sussex

RH12 2RW

What We Did

Solar Gate is a steelwork sundial sculpture manufactured by Pearlgreen Engineering. It uses the alignment of the sun to aluminate significant times and dates relevant to the City of Hull. These are projected through its precisley cut holes onto the surface around it, where viewers can identify the historic events.

Designed by the talented artist and designer Tonkin Liu, the sculpture stands at 10 metres high, 4m wide and 1m deep, made from couragiously thin 4mm plates. the two curving and corrugated surfaces join, unsupported by any additional support inside or out, to form the magnificent piece.

At night the Solar Gate aluminates, with a controlled in-ground lighting system installed inside and outside the sculpture.

Watch the video to see the delivery and installation of the Solar Gate in the city centre of Hull.

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