I-Bean (Isango Lefu) eChicago

Isibuyekezo: I-plaza eseduze ne-“The Bean” iyalungiswa ukuze kuthuthukiswe okuhlangenwe nakho kwesivakashi nokuthuthukisa ukufinyeleleka.Ukufinyelela komphakathi kanye nokubukwa kwesifanekiso kuzonqunyelwa kuze kufike entwasahlobo ka-2024. Funda kabanzi

I-Cloud Gate, ebizwa ngokuthi “The Bean”, ingenye yezindawo ezithandwa kakhulu eChicago.Umsebenzi oyisikhumbuzo wobuciko uqinisa idolobha i-Millennium Park futhi ubonisa isibhakabhaka esidumile sedolobha nendawo eluhlaza ezungezile.Futhi manje, i-The Bean ingakusiza nokuthi uhlele uhambo lwakho oluya e-Chicago ngaleli thuluzi elisha elisebenzisanayo, elinamandla e-AI.

Nakhu konke odinga ukukwazi nge-The Bean, okuhlanganisa ukuthi ivela kuphi nokuthi ungayibona kuphi.

Yini uBhontshisi?

I-Bean ingumsebenzi wobuciko bomphakathi enhliziyweni ye-Chicago.Isithombe esibaziwe, esinesihloko esisemthethweni esithi Cloud Gate, singesinye sezakhiwo zobuciko zangaphandle ezinkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni.Umsebenzi oyingqopha-mlando wembulwa ngo-2004 futhi ngokushesha waba yindawo evelele kakhulu yaseChicago.

Uphi uBhontshisi?

I-Bean itholakala eMillennium Park, ipaki elisechibini elisedolobheni laseChicago Loop.Ihlala ngenhla kwe-McCormick Tribune Plaza, lapho uzothola khona ukudla kwe-alfresco ehlobo kanye nerenki yamahhala yokushushuluza ebusika.Uma uhamba ku-Michigan Avenue phakathi kwe-Randolph ne-Monroe, awukwazi ngempela ukuphuthelwa.

Hlola okwengeziwe: Dlula ngale kwe-The Bean nomqondisi wethu wekhempasi ye-Millennium Park.

Isho ukuthini i-The Bean?

Indawo ekhanyayo kabhontshisi ikhuthazwe yi-liquid mercury.Leli ngaphandle elicwebezelayo libonisa abantu abahambahambayo epaki, izibani ze-Michigan Avenue, nesibhakabhaka esizungezile nendawo eluhlaza - ehlanganisa kahle isipiliyoni se-Millennium Park.Indawo epholishiwe futhi imema izivakashi ukuthi zithinte indawo engaphezulu futhi zibuke ukubukeka kwazo, zikunikeza ikhwalithi yokusebenzisana.

Ukubonakala kwesibhakabhaka ngaphezu kwepaki, ingasaphathwa engaphansi egobile ye-The Bean isebenza njengendawo yokungena izivakashi ezingangena ngaphansi kwayo ukuze zingene epaki, kugqugquzele umdali wesithombe esibaziwe ukuba aqambe ucezu Isango Lefu.

Ubani owaklama Ubhontshisi?

Yaklanywa yiciko elihlonishwa umhlaba wonke u-Anish Kapoor.Umqophi waseBrithani owazalelwa eNdiya wayesevele aziwa kakhulu ngemisebenzi yakhe yangaphandle emikhulu, ehlanganisa eminingana enezindawo ezikhanya kakhulu.I-Cloud Gate kwaba umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala wangaphandle womphakathi unomphela e-United States, futhi uthathwa njengodume kakhulu.

Hlola okwengeziwe: Thola ubuciko bomphakathi obuyisithonjana obuningi ku-Chicago Loop, ukusuka e-Picasso ukuya e-Chagall.

I-Bean yenziwe ngani?

Ngaphakathi, yenziwe ngenethiwekhi yezindandatho ezimbili ezinkulu zensimbi.Amasongo axhunywe ngohlaka lwe-truss, olufana nalokho ongakubona ebhulohweni.Lokhu kuvumela izithombe eziqoshiwe ezinesisindo esikhulu ukuba ziqondiswe ezindaweni zayo ezimbili eziyisisekelo, okudala isimo esingokomfanekiso "sikabhontshisi" futhi kuvumela indawo enkulu ye-concave ngaphansi kwesakhiwo.

Ingaphandle lensimbi likabhontshisi linamathiselwe kuhlaka lwangaphakathi ngezixhumi ezivumelana nezimo eziwuvumela ukuba lunwebe futhi lunciphe njengoba isimo sezulu sishintsha.

Kukhulu kangakanani?

I-Bean ingamamitha angu-33 ukuphakama, amamitha angu-42 ububanzi, namamitha angu-66 ubude.Isisindo saso singamathani ayi-110 - cishe sifana nezindlovu ezindala eziyi-15.

Kungani ibizwa ngokuthi Ubhontshisi?

Usuyibonile?Nakuba igama locezu elisemthethweni kuyi-Cloud Gate, umdwebi u-Anish Kapoor akayiqambi imisebenzi yakhe kuze kube yilapho eseqedile.Kodwa lapho lesi sakhiwo sisakhiwa, ukuhunyushwa kwalo kwakhululwa emphakathini.Lapho abantu baseChicago sebebone umumo ogobile, oyi-oblong baqala ukuwubiza ngokuthi “The Bean” - nesidlaliso sanamathela.