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Infinity, sculpted glass, laminated

Perplexed engineers enjoying the sculpted glass wall

Tree of Life, view of three-dimensional glass wall, companion to the glass wall Infinity

Infinity, view of three-dimensional glass wall, companion to the glass wall Tree of Life

Overall view of the rapid transit station during public art installation

Artist observing the sample panel

Detail view of the 3-D glass wall Tree of Life

Detail of Infinity glass wall

Detail, Tree of Life

Detail of Tree of Life

Detail of Tree of Life glass wall

Tree of Life glass wall, detail

Installation of the computer controlled lighting system

People behind the Infinity glass wall

Image of people behind the glass wall

KRTC Public Art Division representative celebrating

A traveler dancing

Infinity glass wall model during virtual fabrication process

Tree of Life glass wall three-dimensional model during virtual fabrication process

The two large sculpted glass walls are located in the Rapid Transit Station In Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Emerald Laminata was inspired by the exquisite carved jade art works seen at the National Museum in Taipei and the ocean environment of the island of Taiwan.

Digitizing two clay models involved 94 million three-dimensional coordinates. Templates plotted on almost 4 km (2.5 miles) of paper. 10,200 sheets of glass were cut, each with a slightly different contour.

Location: International Airport Kaohsiung (KHH), R4 Station, Taiwan
Artist: Lutz Haufschild
Medium: Two large sculpted glass walls
Virtual Fabrication: Christian Karl Janssen, San Francisco Bay Area
Architect: Charles C. Chen Architects, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Art Consultancy: Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation Public Art Division (KRTC P.A.D.)
Operator: Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
Structural Engineering: Schmidtt+Thielmann, Wiesbaden, Germany