Snøhetta’s New “Peace Bench” at the United Nations
Officially named The Best Weapon, a “peace bench” installation designed by Snøhetta will take up a temporary position outside the UN Headquarters in NYC starting this Nelson Mandela Day (18 July). Fabricated with the assistance of Hydro and Vestre, the six-and-a-half meter-long arc (or smile) is composed of anodized aluminum. After NYC, the bench will move to its permanent location in Oslo—closer to its commissioning body, the Nobel Peace Center. Its inscription, the Mandela quote, “The best weapon is to sit down and talk,” heightens the work’s symbolic expression of diplomacy. Read more at designboom.
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