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BEN ROUSSEAU
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SPIRAL
Warwick Court
ST. PAULS, LONDON
Warwick Court (also known as 5 Paternoster Square) is a prominent 180,000 sq ft commercial and office building located next to St Paul’s Cathedral in the heart of the City of London.
CURATORIAL APPROACH
The collection for Warwick Court was conceived around the building’s prominent position beside St Paul’s, drawing on Paternoster Square’s historic and contemporary associations with commerce and finance. Giles Miller’s suspended Dual sculptures use intricate gold-toned ‘penny-junctions’ to form two jewel-like structures, shifting in density and transparency as viewers move through the entrance.
Within the main reception, Christophe Gaignon’s La Belle Oxyde continues this material narrative through a reflective sculptural surface opening onto a vortex of shimmering gold. Together, the works create subtle references to coins, exchange and value, while introducing warmth, movement and reflection to the architecture.
ARTISTS:
GILES MILLER X CHRISTOPHE GAIGNON
MEDIUM:
MOULDED GLASS, METAL OXIDES
CLIENT:
STANHOPE / MITSUBISHI ESTATES
ARTIST:
BEN ROUSSEAU
MEDIUM:
LED TUBING
CLIENT:
URBAN SPLASH
SPACE:
WAULK MILL, MANCHESTER
ARTISTS:
GILES MILLER X CHRISTOPHE GAIGNON
MEDIUM:
MOULDED GLASS, METAL OXIDES
CLIENT:
STANHOPE / MITSUBISHI ESTATES
ST. PAULS, LONDON
Warwick Court (also known as 5 Paternoster Square) is a prominent 180,000 sq ft commercial and office building located next to St Paul’s Cathedral in the heart of the City of London.
CURATORIAL APPROACH
The collection for Warwick Court was conceived around the building’s prominent position beside St Paul’s, drawing on Paternoster Square’s historic and contemporary associations with commerce and finance. Giles Miller’s suspended Dual sculptures use intricate gold-toned ‘penny-junctions’ to form two jewel-like structures, shifting in density and transparency as viewers move through the entrance.
Within the main reception, Christophe Gaignon’s La Belle Oxyde continues this material narrative through a reflective sculptural surface opening onto a vortex of shimmering gold. Together, the works create subtle references to coins, exchange and value, while introducing warmth, movement and reflection to the architecture.
CURATORIAL APPROACH
Celebrating the height and architectural character of Waulk Mill’s entrance, Ben Rousseau’s The Spiral responds directly to the existing spiral staircase, extending its curves into a 15-metre-long installation overhead.
Designed to unfold from multiple viewpoints, the sculpture creates changing compositions for those moving through the building and looking in from the street. Strips of digitally controlled light bring colour and rhythm to the industrial interior, drawing attention to its generous proportions.
The Spiral received an Honorable Mention at the 2024 LIT Lighting Design Awards.