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Profiling - Chicago 

2024 

Concrete, wood, resin, light

18 x 8 x 44 inch

A wave-like resin panel and a block of concrete are connected by a piece of wood that has grown into a fence. The scale proportions between these three parts are the same as the proportions between Chicago's urban areas, vegetation, and Lake Michigan. The proportions are as follows:

440m (the highest building in Chicago) : 10m (Average height of European Buckthorn) : 80m (Average Deepness of the Michigan Lake) = 44:1:8

2810km2 (Chicago area): Canopy cover (30%): 58031km2 (Michigan Lake area) = 10:3:21

Size of the found wood: 2.5 x 4 x 1 inch

Height of the concrete (44inch) : height of the wood (1inch) : height of the resin ( 8inch) = 44:1:8

Surface area of the concrete (33 inch2) : surface of the wood (10 inch2) : surface of the resin (70inch2) = 10:3:21

Profiling - Chicago

2024

Concrete, wood, resin, light

18 x 8 x 44 inch

A wave-like resin panel and a block of concrete are connected by a piece of wood that has grown into a fence. The scale proportions between these three parts are the same as the proportions between Chicago's urban areas, vegetation, and Lake Michigan. The proportions are as follows:

440m (the highest building in Chicago) : 10m (Average height of European Buckthorn) : 80m (Average Deepness of the Michigan Lake) = 44:1:8

2810km2 (Chicago area): Canopy cover (30%): 58031km2 (Michigan Lake area) = 10:3:21

Size of the found wood: 2.5 x 4 x 1 inch

Height of the concrete (44inch) : height of the wood (1inch) : height of the resin ( 8inch) = 44:1:8

Surface area of the concrete (33 inch2) : surface of the wood (10 inch2) : surface of the resin (70inch2) = 10:3:21

Profiling - Chicago

2024

Concrete, wood, resin, light

18 x 8 x 44 inch

A wave-like resin panel and a block of concrete are connected by a piece of wood that has grown into a fence. The scale proportions between these three parts are the same as the proportions between Chicago's urban areas, vegetation, and Lake Michigan. The proportions are as follows:

440m (the highest building in Chicago) : 10m (Average height of European Buckthorn) : 80m (Average Deepness of the Michigan Lake) = 44:1:8

2810km2 (Chicago area): Canopy cover (30%): 58031km2 (Michigan Lake area) = 10:3:21

Size of the found wood: 2.5 x 4 x 1 inch

Height of the concrete (44inch) : height of the wood (1inch) : height of the resin ( 8inch) = 44:1:8

Surface area of the concrete (33 inch2) : surface of the wood (10 inch2) : surface of the resin (70inch2) = 10:3:21

Profiling - Chicago

2024

Concrete, wood, resin, light

18 x 8 x 44 inch

A wave-like resin panel and a block of concrete are connected by a piece of wood that has grown into a fence. The scale proportions between these three parts are the same as the proportions between Chicago's urban areas, vegetation, and Lake Michigan. The proportions are as follows:

440m (the highest building in Chicago) : 10m (Average height of European Buckthorn) : 80m (Average Deepness of the Michigan Lake) = 44:1:8

2810km2 (Chicago area): Canopy cover (30%): 58031km2 (Michigan Lake area) = 10:3:21

Size of the found wood: 2.5 x 4 x 1 inch

Height of the concrete (44inch) : height of the wood (1inch) : height of the resin ( 8inch) = 44:1:8

Surface area of the concrete (33 inch2) : surface of the wood (10 inch2) : surface of the resin (70inch2) = 10:3:21