Helter Skelter and Orbit

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Helter Skelter slide and ArcelorMittal Orbit
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford
London, September 2016

“Orbit is described as ‘designed by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond’. Kapoor is a Turner Prize winning sculptor, while Balmond is one of the world's leading designers. According to Kapoor, both men are ‘interested in a place where architecture meets sculpture’ and ‘the way that form and geometry give rise to structure’. Kapoor and Balmond stated that their interests have blurred and crossed over into each other's fields since they first began working together in 2002 on Kapoor's Marsyas installation in the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern. As well as Orbit, in 2010 Kapoor and Balmond were also working on the Tees Valley Giants, a public art project in northern England. The sculpture was engineered by the Global engineer Arup, who developed the overall geometry, structural design and the building services including the lighting displayed extensively during the Olympic games. Architectural input by Kathryn Findlay (Ushida Findlay Architects, as a sub-consultant to Arup) made the sculpture into a functional building, for example designing the staircase.” (ArcelorMittal Orbit, Wikipedia)