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Also known as that big friggin metal flower. This is located in a large park on F. Alcorta. If you travel by bus or taxi for a few days, you cannot miss it. It's a huge metal flower that opens and closes in time with the sun. During the day it's wide open, and in the evening, it closes almost all of the way, except for brightly colored lights meant to represent the stamen and pistels. One of my big regrets from this past trip is that I wasn't able to snap a photo of it at night, as it's a beautiful sight. Leave a Comment Directions: Located on Avenida f Alcorta in Palermo Chico..can't miss it!
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Floralis Genérica, creada por el prestigioso Arquitecto Eduardo Catalano en Cambridge, Estados Unidos, es de acuerdo a su mentor, "un símbolo que representa a todas las flores creadas por la naturaleza".
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Estructura: La escultura es de metal y está formada por seis pétalos de aluminio y acero montados sobre una estructura cónica. Los movimientos se realizan a través de un sistema hidráulico-mecánico.
La flor se abre durante el día y se cierra al anochecer. El tiempo de apertura es de 20 minutos.
Peso: 18 toneladas
Altura: 23 metros
Floralis Genérica, created by the prestigious architect Eduardo Catalano in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is, according to his entor, "a symbol that represents to all the flowers created by nature".
Characteristic Structure: The sculpture is of metal and is formed by six petals of aluminum and steel mounted on a conical structure. The movements are carried out through a hydraulic-mechanical
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The flower is opened during the day and closes at dark. It takes 20 minutes to open. It weighs 18 tons and is 23 meters (75 feet) high. Leave a Comment Address: Av. pte. figueroa Alcorta y Julio v GonzalezDirections: This is a worth visiting neighborhood
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I was told that Floral Generica is designed and built by private enterprise and paid for exclusively by its creator, the architect Eduardo Catalano.
The aluminium sculpture weighs eighteen tons and is twenty meters long, having forty meters of diameter. It opens to the sun each morning, and closes again at dusk. Leave a Comment Address: Plaza de las NacionesDirections: Close to the Municipal Center of Exhibitions.
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If you take a cab at all in BA, you'll probably drive along Avenida Figueroa Alcorta, which is where this big silver flower is located. In Plaza Naciones Unida, it's solar powered so it opens by day and closes by night. The architect was Edaurdo Catalano. Leave a Comment Directions: Palermo
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An interesting fusion of technology and art. This structure consists of a metallic flower sitting in a pool of water. Sensors located on the inside cause the petals to close at night and open during the day. It costed US $7 million to build this structure. Leave a Comment
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"Floralis generica" is a metal giant sculpture, positioned in the UN Park near the Recoleta district in April 2002, next to B.Aires Law University.
The Sculpture is the work of a famous Argentinian architect, Eduardo Catalano; it is constructed of steel and aluminium, 23m in diameter, weighing 18 tons, and - as a special feature - closes its blossom at sunset and opens it with sunrise. It is located in a large pond, thus giving an unique impression, with the water reflecting the shining blossom and its petals. Leave a Comment Directions: neighboring Law School , UN Park near Recoleta
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It's a huge metal flower sitting in a pool of water that opens and closes in time with the sun. During the day it's wide open, and in the evening, it closes almost all of the way, except for brightly coloured lights. The architect was Edaurdo Catalano. An interesting combination of technology and art. Directions: Located on Avenida Figueroa Alcorta
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This giant piece of modern art is located not far from the Recoleta. I think it is meant to be a flower, but my friend thinks it is an alien communication device. Whatever it is it is quite impressive, check it out if you get the chance. There is also a nice park surrounding it, if you need somewhere to sit and rest after a long day of sightseeing. Leave a Comment
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Since April 2002, this flower's petals have been closing at night and opening during the day. Leave a Comment Directions: Plaza Naciones Unida in Palermo
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Floralis Generica is located in Plaza Naciones Unidas. It was designed, constructed by Eduardo Catalano, an Argentinian architect who studied in the US. Portenos were complaining about all the money spent on the project while where is so much poverty in the city but it was actually all donated by Catalano himself.
Using the hydraulic device, the 18 ton sculpture opens during the day and closes at night. It has six metallic petals, each being almost 20 meters high rise from the water. This special flower looks really impressive. Directions: This is a worth visiting neighborhood
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