Floralis Generica

Local nameFloralis Genérica
LocationRecoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Floralis Genérica is a sculpture made of steel and aluminum located in Plaza de las Naciones Unidas, Avenida Figueroa Alcorta, Buenos Aires, a gift to the city by the Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano. Catalano once said that the flower "is a synthesis of all the flowers and, at the same time, a hope reborn every day at opening." It was created in 2002. The sculpture was designed to move, closing its petals in the evening and opening them in the morning.

The sculpture is located in the center of a park of four acres of wooded boundaries, surrounded by paths that get closer and provide different perspectives of the monument, and placed above a reflecting pool, which apart from fulfilling its aesthetic function, protects it. It represents a large flower made of stainless steel with aluminum skeleton and reinforced concrete, which looks up at the sky, extending to its six petals. It weighs eighteen tons and is 23 meters high.

Tags SculptureArtworkHidden GemEduardo CatalanoSteel Sculpture
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floralis_Genérica

Address (Unnamed Road), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Coordinates -34°34'54.107" N -58°23'38.406" E

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