Glass Sphere “The United Earth” in the European Parliament Building - CODAworx

Glass Sphere “The United Earth” in the European Parliament Building

Client: Lower Silesian Chamber of Commerce

Location: Strasbourg, France

Completion date: 2004

Project Team

Artist

Tomasz Urbanowicz

ARCHIGLASS

Artist

Beata Urbanowicz

ARCHIGLASS

Architect

AS.Architecture-Studio

Overview

The glass sphere called “United Earth” set in 2004 in the focal point of the Agora of the European Parliament in Strasbourg relates to the great idea of ​​openness and expansion of the European Union and reaches even further… into the dreams.
The glass sphere has been awarded by The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA as one of the world's hundred greatest glass works in New Glass Review 21.
Dimensions:
Diameter 180cm/6ft
Materials:
Glass & Stainless steel construction

Goals

The glass artifact has been placed in the center of the Agora of the European Parliament in Strasbourg thanks to the favor of architects from AS. Architecture-Studio from Paris and the involvement of arch. Beata Urbanowicz, President of Wroclaw Rafał Dutkiewicz, many excellent politicians, private persons and institutions. The sphere was solemnly unveiled in the presence of the EP President Mr J. P. Borella. The sculpture is a gift of the City of Wroclaw, the founder is the Lower Silesian Chamber of Commerce of Wrocław.