`Drip/There is an Island` is a public space project commissioned by the Mayor of London and the Greater London Authority as part of the “Wonder: Incredible Installations” program, installed at Victoria Park, London.

`Drip` is a large steel sculpture that contains an intricate vertical garden. Inside it, two separate hydraulic systems create water movement that nourishes 12 plants and a slowly dissolves a canopy of salt into 14 stalactites. Dripping down and growing up, the two compete against each other in time: the sculpture transforms as it turns its water circulation on and off.

`Drip` grows as it self-destructs. Atmosphere and gravity transform it, within months, into a steel, organic and inorganic hybrid. The project works like an urban hourglass, responding to and creating its own weather, growing rapidly when it rains. `Drip` also reconfigures, against the public gaze and movement, the basic elements of an Island: isolation, loom, a clear perimeter, an inaccessible hinterland, the ebb, flow and spray of salt and fresh water, and the shadow of beach trees.
 
Description: Public space installation – steel canopy, columns, base, hydraulic pumps, plexiglass containers with salt, turf, water, halophyte plants.
Client: Mayor of London/ London 2012 Host City/ Greater London Authority for the “Wonder: Incredible Installations” Summer Programme
Lighting: Nicoletta Theodoridou
Structural Engineer : Stathis Stathakis
Construction Management: Stathis Stathakis / Future Constructions
Area : 5,60mx5,60mx5,60m triangle
Height: 4 meters
 
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Archisearch - Public space installation - steel canopy, columns, base, hydraulic pumps, plexiglass containers with salt, turf, water, halophyte plants.PUBLIC SPACE INSTALLATION – STEEL CANOPY, COLUMNS, BASE, HYDRAULIC PUMPS, PLEXIGLASS CONTAINERS WITH SALT, TURF, WATER, HALOPHYTE PLANTS.
Archisearch - Public space installation - steel canopy, columns, base, hydraulic pumps, plexiglass containers with salt, turf, water, halophyte plants.PUBLIC SPACE INSTALLATION – STEEL CANOPY, COLUMNS, BASE, HYDRAULIC PUMPS, PLEXIGLASS CONTAINERS WITH SALT, TURF, WATER, HALOPHYTE PLANTS.
Archisearch - Public space installation - steel canopy, columns, base, hydraulic pumps, plexiglass containers with salt, turf, water, halophyte plants.PUBLIC SPACE INSTALLATION – STEEL CANOPY, COLUMNS, BASE, HYDRAULIC PUMPS, PLEXIGLASS CONTAINERS WITH SALT, TURF, WATER, HALOPHYTE PLANTS.
Archisearch - Public space installation - steel canopy, columns, base, hydraulic pumps, plexiglass containers with salt, turf, water, halophyte plants.PUBLIC SPACE INSTALLATION – STEEL CANOPY, COLUMNS, BASE, HYDRAULIC PUMPS, PLEXIGLASS CONTAINERS WITH SALT, TURF, WATER, HALOPHYTE PLANTS.
Archisearch - Public space installation - steel canopy, columns, base, hydraulic pumps, plexiglass containers with salt, turf, water, halophyte plants.PUBLIC SPACE INSTALLATION – STEEL CANOPY, COLUMNS, BASE, HYDRAULIC PUMPS, PLEXIGLASS CONTAINERS WITH SALT, TURF, WATER, HALOPHYTE PLANTS.
Archisearch - Public space installation - steel canopy, columns, base, hydraulic pumps, plexiglass containers with salt, turf, water, halophyte plants.PUBLIC SPACE INSTALLATION – STEEL CANOPY, COLUMNS, BASE, HYDRAULIC PUMPS, PLEXIGLASS CONTAINERS WITH SALT, TURF, WATER, HALOPHYTE PLANTS.
Archisearch - Public space installation - steel canopy, columns, base, hydraulic pumps, plexiglass containers with salt, turf, water, halophyte plants.PUBLIC SPACE INSTALLATION – STEEL CANOPY, COLUMNS, BASE, HYDRAULIC PUMPS, PLEXIGLASS CONTAINERS WITH SALT, TURF, WATER, HALOPHYTE PLANTS.
Archisearch - Public space installation - steel canopy, columns, base, hydraulic pumps, plexiglass containers with salt, turf, water, halophyte plants.PUBLIC SPACE INSTALLATION – STEEL CANOPY, COLUMNS, BASE, HYDRAULIC PUMPS, PLEXIGLASS CONTAINERS WITH SALT, TURF, WATER, HALOPHYTE PLANTS.
Archisearch - Public space installation - steel canopy, columns, base, hydraulic pumps, plexiglass containers with salt, turf, water, halophyte plants.PUBLIC SPACE INSTALLATION – STEEL CANOPY, COLUMNS, BASE, HYDRAULIC PUMPS, PLEXIGLASS CONTAINERS WITH SALT, TURF, WATER, HALOPHYTE PLANTS.

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