CONCORDE

CONCORDE Ceiling-suspended permanent indoor sculpture. Helsinki International Airport & FINAVIA, Finland. Stefan Lindfors 1993. Photo (Terminal 1, 1993): Marco Melander. Photos 2015 & 2017: Unknown.  Portrait from left to right (2017): Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä, Ville Haapasaari (MD/Helsinki Intl. Airport), Stefan Lindfors, Kari Savolainen (CEO/FINAVIA), and Harri Sailas (Chairman/FINAVIA & Solidium) “Concorde” was Stefan Lindfors’ first commissioned large-scale sculpture for a public site. Architect firm Ruokosuo (Helsinki) & The Finnish Aviation board wanted a creation for the ceiling of the new domestic terminal hall, opening for traffic in January 1993. Lindfors wanted to create a hybrid between a man–made flying machine and an insect… And so he did. In the mid 2010s the Domestic Terminal was integrated with the international terminals, and Concorde was moved to be suspended in the ceiling of a new hub in 2015. In August 2017 Helsinki International Airport opened yet another new hub, and Lindfors’ sculpture was (once again) “up-graded” to its final destination - now hanging above passengers at this new airport venue. Length: 11 meters/36 feet, wingspread/diameter: Approx 6 meters/21 feet. Body: Structure of welded steel roundstock. Surface: high-gloss stainless plate. Wingstructures of welded steel roundstock, surface of either high-gloss stainless plate or transluscent resin & fabric. Weight: approx: 150 kg/330 lbs. Lindfors’ partners in construction of the sculpture in 1992 –1993 were Timo Pitkänen, Timo Sairi and Timo Salli....

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