If you come from the north, the 2 sculpture parts will bend away from each other and the sculpture will be completely open long before you pass it. Some people say it resembles a cactus. This is due to a combination of the bend of the motorway, the angle of the exit in relation to the motorway and the 2 sculpture parts' location in relation to each other with a distance of 17 metres on either side of the exit, to which is added that the two parts were designed with a heavy opposite bevel at the bottom.
When designing the
sculpture, no consideration was made of whether the construction was
feasible.
Because of the height and special design of the
sculpture, the engineers went through very complicated calculations in
order
to arrive at the right construction and dimension.
The major problem was dynamic wind impacts which
result in natural oscillations at low wind speeds. As probably the only
sculpture
in the world, costly oscillation stabilizers, which are otherwise only
used
for building, for example, tall chimneys, have been built into the top
of
the two parts.
Is it being seen?
40.000 people pass and see the sculpture every
day!
See: Spectacular Sculptures, too
.........and may be Children's
Sculptures - made as playground equipment.
Finally you might see Spectacular
Sculptures in Rome.