Cecil Balmond of Balmond Studio and Charles Jencks have developed the winning design, Star of Caledonia, for the border crossing between England and Scotland at Gretna. Aiming for a 2014 completion date (just in time for the Commonwealth Games hosted in Glasgow) the design of this contemporary landmark sculpture will draw inspiration from Scotland’s scientific heritage and will feature a series of S-curves marking the cross of St. Andrew.
Balmond has been chosen to work with internationally renowned architectural critic, land artist and designer Charles Jencks to realise an ambitious large scale project of integrated sculptural form and landscape that celebrates and explores the border crossing into Scotland at Gretna. The form of the Star was born out of an idea by Balmond to capture the powerful energy and magnetic pull of Scotland. Balmond’s design pays particular homage to Scottish innovation and its ground breaking contribution to modern life, from the invention of TV, telephone and penicillin, to the discovery of electromagnetism by Maxwell.
