Sails at Nordstern Colliery

Five individual stretch sails from airformance design were installed at the former Nordstern colliery in Gelsenkirchen. The architecture firm based there was thus given a room-sized installation that underscores the workshop character of the space.

The old girder architecture met modern object design through the approx. 5 x 3 m large sails. Based on a design by Dr. Lars Meeß-Olsohn (leichtbaukunst.de), the custom-made products were produced by airformance design in Krefeld. In addition to optical aspects, shadowing and attenuation of acoustics were also defined goals of the design.