Cambridge University library forecourt. CAMBRIDGE. 2009
LOCATION: CAMBRIDGE
CLIENT: UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ESTATES
YEAR: 2009
MATERIAL: BRONZE WITH MOBILE ELEMENTS
LEAD ARTIST: HARRY GRAY
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: DAVID BROWN
LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR: LANDSCAPE PLUS
Article by Times Online. Mary Beard
Article by The Arcadia Fellowship
Cambridge University Library Website
CLIENT: UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ESTATES
YEAR: 2009
MATERIAL: BRONZE WITH MOBILE ELEMENTS
LEAD ARTIST: HARRY GRAY
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: DAVID BROWN
LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR: LANDSCAPE PLUS
Article by Times Online. Mary Beard
Article by The Arcadia Fellowship
Cambridge University Library Website
Brief – Delineate an arrival court at the front of the Library and provide a barrier to vehicles. Harry Gray made a series of bronze book stacks to work both as artworks and bollards that create a space for pedestrians at the front of the library. The bronze books of the 4 central stacks are all mobile about a steel core and can be easily arranged in many ways by the viewer, they add a sense of fun to what some consider an austere façade.
The end bronzes are static and more formal except for the top book which has been left with its rebellious spine in the air, and to acknowledge the powerful architectural setting its hard covers are set at the same angle as the Libraries portico roof.
The end bronzes are static and more formal except for the top book which has been left with its rebellious spine in the air, and to acknowledge the powerful architectural setting its hard covers are set at the same angle as the Libraries portico roof.