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Elliott Wood

Quantum Cloud

Greenwich, London

  • Hot Dip Galvanisers Award 2000
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Sculptor: 
Anthony Gormley
Client: 
New Millennium Experience Company
Cost: 
Not Disclosed

Quantum Cloud is an elliptical cloud sculpture by Antony Gormley which stands adjacent to the Millennium Dome in London.

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This project involved the design of a 29m high by 16m wide by 10 m deep sculpture on the river Thames.  The sculpture is supported on a diagonal steel grillage spanning between four caissons some 4 meters above high tide river level.  The superstructure forming the sculpture is made from approximately 3800 galvanised steel 70x70 square hollow section members 1.5m long. These are welded together in a random form to create geometrically complex ellipsoidal cloud of steel.

There is an increased density of members positioned centrally to create the image of a man.  This was obtained by the use of a digital scan of the sculptor’s own body which was then enlarged to the required scale.

Quantum Cloud was the tallest sculpture in the United Kingdom at the time of construction.