Project Title: Janus Chairs
Location: Northumberland
Wood Species: DOUGLAS FIR
Product Description
The Project
Janus Chairs was created as one of six sculptural shelters at Kielder Water & Forest Park, northern Europe’s largest man made lake and England’s largest forest.
The three one piece chairs (H2.3m x W1.2m x L2.3m, H2.7m x W1.8m x L3.1m, H3.3m x W2.4m x L3.8m) can be rotated toward a favourite view, into the sun, away from the wind or toward each other to form a family group. They are made from laminated Douglas fir from the Scottish borders with polished stainless steel backs.
Facing inward they are the closed bud of a flower; rotated outward they come into full bloom. On approach, and when seen from other positions around the lake, they are one sculpture, their different but related forms providing a constantly changing composition depending on their relative positioning.
Peter Sharpe of the Kielder Partnership said: “Visitors are attracted to the chairs and keen to interact with them. They are a stunning example of art meeting architecture in the landscape.”
Budget and programme
Contract value: £52,000
Construction start date: Winter 2009
Construction finish date: Summer 2009
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BUILDING OWNER: KIELDER PARTNERSHIP
ARCHITECT: RYDER ARCHITECTURE
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: EDWARD BIRD ASSOCIATES
MAIN CONTRACTOR: NORBUILD TIMBER FABRICATION AND FINE CARPENTRY
JOINERY COMPANY: NORBUILD TIMBER FABRICATION AND FINE CARPENTRY
OTHER ASSOCIATED COMPANY: TECHNO SOLUTIONS
