mae west
In the course of the redesign of Effnerplatz in Munich, the sculpture “Mae West” was created by the American artist Rita McBride. The artwork has the shape of a hyperboloid and consists of a double structure made of carbon fibre tubes.
Mae West Made of Carbon Fibre Tubes
The sculpture has a total height of 52 m, a diameter of 32 m at the base and 19.5 m at the top. The diameter in the “waist” area is only about 7.5 m.
Werner Sobek was responsible for the structural engineering as well as the object planning for civil engineering structures for the art project.
Art
Rita McBride, Los Angeles/USA
Planning time
2003 − 2010
Construction time
2010 − 2011
Services by Werner Sobek
- Structural engineering (WP 1 − 3 acc. to § 64 HOAI)
- Object planning (WP 1 − 3 acc. to § 55 HOAI)
Client
City of Munich/Germany
Photography
Haubitz & Zoche, Munich/Germany
