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THE CITY IN MAJESTY... Dec. 13, 2013

  • The Statue of Liberty New York

  • The arm

  • The Robe

  • The PLeats

  • The PLeats

  • Perspective

  • View from below

  • The Statue ...

  • The softness of the pleats

    • Some architectural achievements have such an impact they become the icon of a city and sometimes the image of a whole nation. This is the case of the Sydney Opera from the Danish architect Jørn Utzon, and the Statue of Liberty in New York, the symbol of the United States of America.

    The Statue of Liberty ,” Liberty Enlightening the world” a strong symbol, a welcoming signal to the immigrants arriving from abroad , 151 feet herself, 305 feet ground to torch. 

    The statue was a gift to the United States from the people of France, to celebrate the Century of the  American independence.

    The French sculptor August Bartholdi was given the project in 1871 and Eugene Viollet-Le-Duc suggested the battled copper plate technique to build the statue robe and body. In 1879, Bartholdi was able to work with the innovative designer and engineer Gustave Eiffel, and decided to build an iron truss tower to make the statue being one with the pedestal. Built by the Ateliers Gaget-Gautier in 350 pieces, the Statue was assemblde once in Paris, disassembled and transported to New York for a final reassembly in place on Bedloe’s Island.

    Our Parisian Statue of Liberty, installed near the Pont de Grenelle, on the “Swann Island” in the middle of the Seine near Bartholdi’s workshop, is one the best known copy, facing the New York statue.

    A copy of the torch had been gifted to France by the United States and set on Place de l’Alma in 1989. It became the unfortunate symbol for Lady Diana in Paris.

    In New York, the British interior designer Peter Mance, had his own vision of the statue of Liberty, with unusual perspectives.

    In love with materials and their different aspects, Peter shows how the copper gives the soft feeling of the skin, how perfect  the robe pleats are to make the copper become textile.

    Look at them and enjoy...

    THM

     

    About Peter Mance

    Peter Mance is a distinction graduate (1987) from Kingston Polytechnic, tutored and hand-picked by Ben Kelly to work on some of the UK's iconic award winning design projects of the late 80's/early 90's. The Dry Bar, offices for Factory Records, 4AD Records, Lynne Franks PR, Bar Ten, DLC Hairdressers and the Waterfront Venue Norwich where among those published.

    Between 1992 & 1997 design projects with Powell-Tuck Associates, Din Associates, Met Studio, Jasper Jacob Associates and part-time lecturing followed. He was the senior creative designer on a number of prestigious large scale refurbishment projects including the Island Records Offices, QE2 (1994 & 1996 Refits), Metropolis Mastering, Vinopolis - City of Wine and the National Maritime Museum.

    In 1997 he set up his own independent practice - Mance Design & Architecture - which evolved to a team of eight, and completed a variety of hospitality, music, leisure/marine, office, commercial development and private residential projects. Amongst them were three London and five USA hotels for Club Quarters, the Ocean Music Venue, new-build residences, offices for Women's Education in Building & the interiors of HMS Edinburgh Castle.  In 2006 the practice was assimilated within Robert Hutson Architects and Peter was appointed Director of Interiors.

    Peter continues as the deliberate, discrete designer: clever with space; passion in the process...

     

    Maaps Design & Architecture Limited

    18 Sutton Place, London E9 6EH - UK

    T: +44 (0)20 89 85 67 17

    E: mothership@maaps.co.uk & peter@maaps.co.uk

    Picture rights: Peter Mance

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