Centrifugo, 2020
CorTen Steel
400 × 400 × 60 cm
Photo © Andrea Testi

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A sculpture on curve

Made of Cor-Ten steel, Centrifugo is almost a parallelepiped, empty inside, uneven in its shape and broken down longitudinally to be able to bend 30° inside the hairpin. A deconstructed volume on four large wheels, two of which, those inside the curve, are solid to the ground and the other two, the outer ones, almost lifted off the ground due to the inclination.
Unlike the canonical position "on the public square and erect", the sculpture of Cavenago is inclined and on a hairpin bend.
Unlike the monument on pedestal where the public is around, its placement along a road allows the vision only while moving , better if aboard a vehicle on the way to Peccioli. The shape of the work, although characterized by minimal essentiality and while remaining firmly anchored to an abstract dimension, unequivocally refers to cycling racing, evoking with its position and placement the figure of the runner bent into a curve. The title is a reference to the centrifugal force that comes into play when a vehicle speeds through a curve.

Photo © Francesco Gibin
The 68th Sabatini Cup, an international cycling race held in Peccioli
Photo © Umberto Cavenago
Photo © Nadia Ponci
Photo © Andrea Testi
Photo © Andrea Testi
Photo © Andrea Testi

Installation on the parking structure before the restoration of the campaign plan.

Photo © Marcella Ferrari
Photo © Andrea Testi

Eng. Andrea Rebuzzi during the flow check

Photo © Umberto Cavenago
Photo © Andrea Testi

Welds of the two parts

Photo © Andrea Testi

Assembly of the two parts

Photo © Andrea Testi

Assembly of the two parts

Photo © Andrea Testi
Photo © Andrea Testi

Installation with Andrea, Michele, Saule e Morgan Rebuzzi.

Photo © Francesco Mazzei

Assembly of the two parts

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Lifting of the upper body for the assembly of the two parts

Photo © Andrea Testi

Lifting of the upper body for the assembly of the two parts

Photo © Andrea Testi

Installation site

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Insertion of the lower body into the parking system

Photo © Andrea Testi

Installation site

Photo © Andrea Testi

Installation site

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Pre-assembly of the work in the workshop. Courtesy Rebuzzi.it
Photo © Umberto Cavenago
Photo © Andrea Testi

Morgan Rebuzzi

Photo © Umberto Cavenago

Pre-assembly in the workshop
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Photo © Umberto Cavenago
Photo © Umberto Cavenago

Pre-assembly in the workshop
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Photo © Umberto Cavenago

Pre-assembly in the workshop
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Morgan Rebuzzi measures the inclination of 30°

Photo © Umberto Cavenago

Wheel detail with Andrea Rebuzzi

Completed parking plinth

Pouring of concrete

Pouring of concrete with Gianluca Bessi

Positioning of the jig to be drowned in the foundation

Reinforcement of the foundation

Inclination at 30° of the jig

Preparation of piles for platform foundation

The curve with the arrangement of the embankment

The curve

The choice of the site

Survey