Florian Claar

1996

Aluminum 

2.2m x 2.2m x 2.2m

No. 1 was build in 1996 for the Towa House Building in Kokubunji, Tokyo and marks the start of a series of sculptures based on a certain type of modular structures (called ‘No.1 type module’ or simply No.1). It has become the foundation of several works with very different appearance. Within these works, identical modular elements form a larger more complex body, similar to cells of an organism. Each element includes the “genetic” information of a larger geometrical structure and allows a multitude of variations and generations. A family of rare, unknown species.