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Eighteen Turns
Photo Credit: Richard Davies
Designed by Daniel Libeskind, Architect with Arup
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2001
On loan from cite
Date: 6 May – 31 December 2005
Venue: Fota House and Gardens
Project Description:
Cork 2005: European Capital of Culture presented ‘Eighteen Turns’ designed by Daniel Libeskind, Architect, with Arup, in the splendid setting of the grounds of Fota House and Gardens, Cork from May to December 2005.
On view to the public for the first time since it was commissioned by the Serpentine Gallery in 2001, this temporary structure is a showcase of unconventional contemporary architecture and its inclusion in the Cork 2005 programme offered a once in a lifetime opportunity for Corkonians to encounter and debate world class architecture in their own city.
Measuring 35m x 18m and rising to 7m at its highest point, ‘Eighteen Turns’ is a stretch of the imagination; an aluminium structure with angled planes, reflective surfaces, and interlocking spiralling shapes that captured, entertained and informed young and old.
Photo Credit: Richard Davies
As a piece of architecture, ‘Eighteen Turns’ is unpredictable and innovative and was a very fitting fixture in Cork during its tenure as European Capital of Culture. Its presence in Cork in 2005 could be described as symbolic of the architectural make-over Cork has undergone over the past few years, most notably Beth Gali’s inventive designs for Patrick St and Oliver Plunkett St, the Lewis Glucksman Gallery at UCC, and Shandon Bridge. ‘Eighteen Turns’ can become an icon of contemporary Cork, as well as an expression of the creative architectural possibilities for the city’s future, currently a key concern with the imminent development of Cork’s docklands.
‘Eighteen Turns’, designed by Daniel Libeskind, Architect with Arup, Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2001, was kindly loaned to Cork 2005 by its owner, cite. This was a Cork 2005 project, proposed and project-managed by Keogan Architects and supported by the OPW. It was facilitated by the Fota Trust, through the offices of Professor Tom Raftery, who welcomed the installation at Fota House and Gardens.
Daniel Libeskind also presented a free ticketed lecture at the Cork Opera House in May. The Daniel Libeskind lecture: ‘Memory Foundation’, sponsored by Hamilton Osborne King, was booked out in less than twenty four hours.
