Sheffield
Sheaf Square
Sheaf Square is a public space situated outside Sheffield Station. The area was previously used as a car park, and was surrounded by a major road network.
The square now provides a stunning entrance to the city centre.
Sheaf Square is part of our City Centre Master plan. It won the coveted Project of the Year Award in the 2006 National Rail Awards and contains the:
. spectacular Cutting Edge Sculpture, which combines the city’s famous resource – steel - with water and light.
. dramatic cascade of water, which uses noise and light to give the plaza an exciting atmosphere.
It forms the start of a spectacular walk, the Gold Route, taking visitors from the train station through a series of exciting new developments each with their own distinctive lighting, public art and water features, to the city centre.
The Cutting Edge sculpture
Sheffield design team, Si Applied and international glass artist Keiko Mukaide collaborated in the development of the sculpture.
The sculpture is 90 metres long, and 5 metres high at the highest point.
The stainless steel was provided by Outokumpu of Brightside Sheffield, and the structure was manufactured by Jordans of Bristol.
The external material is 4mm thick, with a mirror polish on one side of the sculpture and a matt/ satin finish on the other.
The sculpture was constructed in eight pieces over a six month period, it was delivered to the site in four deliveries.
The materials required to make the external structure weigh approximately 29 tonnes, and the internal frame probably weighs as much. Therefore the whole sculpture weighs approximately 60 tonnes!
www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/city-centre/public-spaces...
Si Applied Ltd (Chris Knight, Brett Payne and Keith Tyssen) with Keiko Mukaide
'Cutting Edge', 2007
Sheaf Street
stainless steel, glass, lights
Location:
Sited along the pedestrian route to the City Centre, between the entrance to the Midland Station and the pedestrian crossing at the bottom of Howard Street
Description:
A sinous stainless steel blade gaining in height as it runs downhill towards the station entrance. The smaller end of the piece is almost circular in cross section and decorated with backlit glass work by Mukaide; the station end is a very thin ellipse also with backlit glass by the same artist. It is also lit along the length of its base. Dimensions: 1m - 4.5m high x c. 90 m long.
Commission:
Sheffield City Council. Part of the Heart of the City project. This completes nearly ten years of work improving the area following the pedestrian route from the railway station to the Town Hall. This area forms part of a new square outside the station completed in 2007.
Comment:
The piece acts as a barrier between pedestrians and traffic. The design of this piece reflects the city's centuries of association with metal design.
This piece is the joint winner of the Marsh Award for Public Sculpture 2008
public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/kni420.html
Detail: Water Feature outside Sheffield Station
Sheffield
Sheaf Square
Sheaf Square is a public space situated outside Sheffield Station. The area was previously used as a car park, and was surrounded by a major road network.
The square now provides a stunning entrance to the city centre.
Sheaf Square is part of our City Centre Master plan. It won the coveted Project of the Year Award in the 2006 National Rail Awards and contains the:
. spectacular Cutting Edge Sculpture, which combines the city’s famous resource – steel - with water and light.
. dramatic cascade of water, which uses noise and light to give the plaza an exciting atmosphere.
It forms the start of a spectacular walk, the Gold Route, taking visitors from the train station through a series of exciting new developments each with their own distinctive lighting, public art and water features, to the city centre.
The Cutting Edge sculpture
Sheffield design team, Si Applied and international glass artist Keiko Mukaide collaborated in the development of the sculpture.
The sculpture is 90 metres long, and 5 metres high at the highest point.
The stainless steel was provided by Outokumpu of Brightside Sheffield, and the structure was manufactured by Jordans of Bristol.
The external material is 4mm thick, with a mirror polish on one side of the sculpture and a matt/ satin finish on the other.
The sculpture was constructed in eight pieces over a six month period, it was delivered to the site in four deliveries.
The materials required to make the external structure weigh approximately 29 tonnes, and the internal frame probably weighs as much. Therefore the whole sculpture weighs approximately 60 tonnes!
www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/city-centre/public-spaces...
Si Applied Ltd (Chris Knight, Brett Payne and Keith Tyssen) with Keiko Mukaide
'Cutting Edge', 2007
Sheaf Street
stainless steel, glass, lights
Location:
Sited along the pedestrian route to the City Centre, between the entrance to the Midland Station and the pedestrian crossing at the bottom of Howard Street
Description:
A sinous stainless steel blade gaining in height as it runs downhill towards the station entrance. The smaller end of the piece is almost circular in cross section and decorated with backlit glass work by Mukaide; the station end is a very thin ellipse also with backlit glass by the same artist. It is also lit along the length of its base. Dimensions: 1m - 4.5m high x c. 90 m long.
Commission:
Sheffield City Council. Part of the Heart of the City project. This completes nearly ten years of work improving the area following the pedestrian route from the railway station to the Town Hall. This area forms part of a new square outside the station completed in 2007.
Comment:
The piece acts as a barrier between pedestrians and traffic. The design of this piece reflects the city's centuries of association with metal design.
This piece is the joint winner of the Marsh Award for Public Sculpture 2008
public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/kni420.html
Detail: Water Feature outside Sheffield Station