Schaller - Cubo
2024 · SCHALLER SWISS · Industrial design & edition · Greentech
The world's first solar sculpture distributing energy in your garden
Art + Energy
THE ENERGY SOURCE BECOMES A WORK OF ART Cubo was born from the desire to show that it is possible that in the near future, solar technologies could be not only high-performing, but also beautiful, and why not as beautiful as sculptures? This is the successful bet launched by designer Davide Oppizzi by combining two elements in an outdoor sculpture: firstly a solar panel whose cells are invisible to the naked eye (developed by KromatixTM), secondly, a minimalist Corten® metal cube, created thanks to the expertise of Schaller, a company specializing in landscape architecture, producing metallic outdoor furnishing elements. Thus, glass and metal come together to form a sculpture with futuristic and mineral aspects, like a crystal formation emerging from the earth and offering us all its energy. Its architecture is designed for ideal sky orientation with a dynamic asymmetry that makes it come alive. Because yes, Cubo is not only a pleasing sculpture to look at for its earth-toned colors and materials, but also for its function as a solar power generator capable of accumulating energy through its elegant colored photovoltaic panel to redistribute it to garden lights, or in any other system requiring energy, even in the home. Davide Oppizzi thus offers a nod to the boundaries of technology and sculptural art. Is this not a particularity of the intrinsic beauty of the nature that surrounds us? PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE SCHALLER SWISS
Exhibition of the sculpture at the Hotel des Horlogers, le Brassus
Corten and PIBV, lamp power supply
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