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SOME RECENTLY COMPLETED COMMISIONS
Kinetic Water Fountain in 'The Spring' shopping centre, Kuching, Malaysia
The desire was to create a fountain where the visual effect comes not only
through the movement of water but also though the movement of the
sculptural elements that make up the fountain. To achieve this, patented
technology developed by Geoff McConnell was incorporated.
The fountain is situated in a large pool in the central foyer of the shopping
centre and rises up through three levels to a height of fourteen meters.
Shallow translucent glass-like vessels formed from Plexiglass. magically rise
and fall on three stainless steel columns.
Each vessel floats on a magnetic field in unison with a float inside the
column. As the columns fill with water the floats inside the columns rise as do
the vessels on the outside. Water them flows from the top of the columns and
down fine stainless steel chains flowing from vessel to vessel. As each vessel
fills with water its weight increases until it overcomes the bouyancy of the float
and descends to its lower position. The flow of water is then cut and as the
vessels drain they then rise to their upper position.
Design, building and operation of a trial pilot fountain and then the
manufacture of the fountain, was completed in New Zealand before shipping it
to Malaysia for assembly on site.
LAKE HAYES
mirror black stainless steel
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ST MORITZ QUEENSTOWN
25 metre long, woven stainless steel
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CROWN PLAZA CHRISTCHURCH
perforated stainless steel and basalt
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PIHA HOUSE
NZIA supreme award winner
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DONNEMORA GARDENS
woven stainless mesh
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DONNEMORA GARDENS
nighttime
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STAINLESS STEEL
light column, no water
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MONKS BAY
bronzed copper and stainless
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MANIOTOTO
bronzed copper panel
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WALL OR TABLETOP
bronzed copper and stainless
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'Schworzkopf' mirror stainless fountain.
