The Land of Giants
By Ben on Fri Aug 13 2010
The Land of Giants

The Land of Giants
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Massachusetts-based Choi+Shine, has transformed mundane electrical pylons into statues on the Icelandic landscape by making only small alterations to existing pylon design. Making only minor alterations to well-established steel-framed tower design, the architects have created a series of powerful and variable towers.
The pylon-figures can also be arranged to create a sense of place through deliberate expression. Subtle alterations in the hands and head combined with repositioning of the main body parts in the x, y and z-axis, allow for a rich variety of expressions. The pylon-figures can be placed in pairs, walking in the same direction or opposite directions, glancing at each other as they pass by or kneeling respectively, head bowed at a town.
This project called Land of Giants, it was originally submitted for the ‘Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon International Design Competition’, where it received an Honorable Mention.

Via gizmodo, worldinteriordesignnetwork
  
#1 Post by Nick_ok, on Sat Aug 14 2010 2:51 PM
These are beautiful.
and made even more so by the surrounding Icelandic landscape.
we should all just go live there
they have almost enough space.
#2 Post by Gus, on Sat Aug 14 2010 9:32 PM
As pylons they are the most beautiful i have ever seen. As a sum, pylons will never fit inside a natural landscape (especially in a landscape like icelandic).
#3 Post by bob, on Sun Aug 15 2010 7:3 PM
Reminds me of 'the dancer' in Doetinchem, the Netherlands: http://bit.ly/aRJRWA
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