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The ‘Assembly Field’, created by renowned glass artist Danny Lane, is located on the front corner of the Senedd adjoining the external lifts. It has been designed and developed as a functional object to help reduce the speed of high winds and protect pedestrians walking up to the front steps of the building. Artist’s comments: This functioning wind hedge is a high performance glass object. It has been engineered to conform to bomb blast specification and withstand the gust of wind deflected by the façade of the Senedd building and remain a transparent artwork. The design is a field of 32 clear glass plates positioned on a hexagonal grid. As you move around the group they appear in rows at every 30 degrees by virtue of the hexagonal configuration.
Crëwyd ‘Maes y Cynulliad’ gan yr artist gwydr enwog Danny Lane ac fe’i codwyd o flaen yr adeilad ger y lifftiau allanol. Cynlluniwyd y gwaith gyda golwg ar ymarferoldeb gan fod y gwydr yn cysgodi ymwelwyr rhag y gwyntoedd cryfion wrth iddynt ddringo’r grisiau i’r Senedd.
Sylwadau’r Artist: Mae’r ‘gwrych gwynt’ hwn yn wrthrych gwydr gweithredol. Fe’i dyluniwyd yn unol â gofynion llym er mwyn gwrthsefyll effaith ffrwydrad ac effaith y gwyntoedd cryfion sy’n taro ffasâd y Senedd. Er hyn, mae’n wrthrych hollol dryloyw. Ceir 32 panel gwydr clir wedi eu trefnu ar grid chweochrog. Gelli r cerdded o amgylch y paneli sydd wedi’u gosod ar ogwydd o 30 gradd ac mae’r golau’n adlewyrchu oddi ar wyneb y gwydr. O un man cyfagos mae modd gweld drwy’r maes cyfan. Mae hwn yn waith syml yn ei hanfod sy’n ymateb creadigol i adeilad eithriadol sydd o bwys diwylliannol mawr.
Title
Maes y Cynulliad / The Assembly Field
Date
2006
Medium
glass
Measurements
H 240 x W 400 x D 400 cm
Accession number
SC001
Acquisition method
commissioned
Work type
Sculpture
Senedd
Pierhead St, Cardiff, Cardiff (Caerdydd) CF99 1SN Wales
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