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Future flower power
February 23, 2010
Designer Tonkin Liu, brings his landmark contemporary artwork to the banks of the River Mersey this month. Liu's international design competition winning proposal Future Flower, is 4 metres in diameter, 13.5 metres in height, wind powered, with metallic petals that gently flutter and light up in the wind. The direction of the wind determines which petals illuminate, resulting in an ever-changing and dynamic flower.
The project, to create artwork sympathetic to the environmental and social character of the region, is part of the ongoing Widnes Waterfront Regeneration Programme. Widnes Waterfront is the multi-million pound regeneration of over 200 acres of former industrial land on the banks of the River Mersey that will create 1,100 jobs for the local economy and create a modern business park environment and associated leisure facilities.
Anna Liu, director of Tonkin Liu, said: "At this site, industry meets nature with a stunningly beautiful light which reflects off the water and mud plains. Our design catches the light and the wind, and marks a point on the horizon of the Mersey.
"Future Flower extends our interest in structures which respond to weather."
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