TOTEMY
Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Poznan, Poland

 Located in the heart of Poznan (Poland) and each standing 9 meters, they all visualize something about the relationship between humanity and nature. Their shapes, colors, and textures correspond with different statistics, in such a way that they offer an immersive architectural experience through vibrant direct confrontation on a daily basis. With as much precision as possible they try to reflect data provided by environmental studies. Local carpenters, politicians, students, activists, and other community members helped in the project, raising the columns artisanally.

 

 The sculptures are under MVRDV’s Baltyk building, in a public space instead of in museums or galleries. In this way, they have a larger audience.

 

 The pieces each have a QR code explaining their seemingly merely abstract forms. One of them, for example, gives information about deforestation through its two large volumes, one of these representing the size of the world’s annual loss of forests and the other depicting the size of Poland.

 

 

Image 32 of 2 00 in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Image 33 of 31 01 in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Image 34 of 23 02 in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Image 35 of 2.1 9 in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Image 36 of 2.2 9 in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Image 37 of 23 03 in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Image 38 of 31 3.1 in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Image 39 of 8 3.2 in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Image 40 of 8 4.1 in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Image 41 of 8 4.2 in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Image 42 of 15 5.1 in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Image 43 of 11 5.2 in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Image 44 of 09 the economist in TOTEMY - Cosentino
The Economist
Image 45 of 7 8.1 in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Image 46 of 8 8.2 in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz
Image 47 of 42 99 scaled in TOTEMY - Cosentino
© Alicja Biala and Iwo Borkowicz

Professionals form

Do you need information or samples of any of our materials? Would you like to explore a Cosentino partnership?