Selected Works
Sculpture that inhabits public space at the scale of the city
From touring interactive installations to permanent commissions, each work is developed site-specifically over extended periods of research and engineering.
Artist · Designer · Researcher
Large-scale public sculpture at the intersection of art, engineering and ecology. London.
Mathias Gmachl works at the intersection of art, engineering and ecology, producing permanent and touring large-scale sculptures and interactive environments that draw attention to our relationship with the more than human world.
His practice integrates structural engineering, computational design and fabrication at architectural scale. Works are developed in close collaboration with structural engineers FORMAT Engineers and fabricators Littlehampton Welding.
Gmachl is an autodidact whose work spans public installation, interactive experience, and performance. He is currently Head of Experience Design & Innovation at Mamou-Mani Architects and CTO of FabPub Ltd.
From touring interactive installations to permanent commissions, each work is developed site-specifically over extended periods of research and engineering.
A new site-specific version of ECHOES, permanently sited at Marina Park Newport on the Hudson River waterfront. The sculpture combines a dynamic cantilever pose, a unique marine-biology-inspired paint artwork, and an integrated animated lighting scheme designed to animate the sculpture and its surroundings at night.
A 5-metre immersive botanical sculpture for The Bermondsey Project, West Yard. Inspired by William Curtis — the botanist who established London's first botanic garden in Bermondsey in 1772 — and his drawing of Arum maculatum from Flora Londinensis. Three spiralling metallic ribbon elements weave the plant's form into a walk-in architectural volume.