Reproduction of the First Prototype of a Discrete Funicular Floor (Rippmann Floor System)
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- Title: Reproduction of the First Prototype of a Discrete Funicular Floor (Rippmann Floor System)
- Artist: Block Research Group (Swiss, founded 2009)
- Artist: After a design by Matthias Rippmann (German, 1981–2019)
- Date: 2026; original 2015
- Medium: Sand 3D printed, with epoxy and furan resin
- Dimensions: 55 1/8 × 78 3/4 × 6 5/8 in., 7054oz. (140 × 200 × 16.9 cm, 200 kg)
- Classifications: architecture, arch. elements and related
- Credit Line: Block Research Group, Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA), Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich / Vaulted AG
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints