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"The Unbearable Lightness of the Cube": Using SMA to Express Lightness, Movement and Memory in Sculptures

Gotthardt, Rolf
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Kraehenbuehl, Etienne
2008
Smst 2006: Proceedings Of The International Conference On Shape Memory And Superelastic Technologies
International Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies

Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) have been used in sculptures for quite some time. But only very few of these sculptures have gone on to earn wide recognition, mainly because the working conditions of the SMA must be carefully respected when sculptures are made. If they are not, the sculpture is bound to fail after a short time. Swiss artist Etienne Krahenbuhl was able to avoid such failure in his sculptures by maintaining a strong collaboration with Rolf Gotthardt, physicist at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne). In his sculptures, the apparently low modulus of super-elastic material permits very smooth movement, and in a few cases the shape memory effect allows unexpected changes. In this paper, some of the results of a 9-year collaboration between the physicist and the sculptor will be shown.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1361/cp2006smst473
Web of Science ID

WOS:000281128400045

Author(s)
Gotthardt, Rolf
Kraehenbuehl, Etienne
Date Issued

2008

Publisher

Mcsc Asm International, Po Box 473, Novelty, Oh 44072-9901 Usa

Published in
Smst 2006: Proceedings Of The International Conference On Shape Memory And Superelastic Technologies
Start page

473

End page

480

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REVIEWED

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International Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies

Pacific Grove, CA

May 07-11, 2006

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November 30, 2010
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