Elia is a sculpture created by Ingvar Cronhammar (1947–2021) in Herning, Denmark. It is a large, spherical dome with four columns reaching . The dome itself has a diameter of . A large tube located in the center of the sculpture randomly blasts flames into the air, for about 25 seconds at a time. These random bursts can occur anytime in periods of about two months and will not occur if it is too windy or if people are too close. The work was inaugurated in September 2001 and cost 23 million Danish krone.
Flames were last seen from the sculpture on October 22 2022.
Accidents On 30 October 2016 a 21-year-old man died by falling down the center. 2 months later, on 29 December 2016, a woman died the same way, purportedly committing suicide by jumping into the centre chamber. This ultimately resulted in the sculpture getting a safety net installed. In connection with the installation of the net, an installer fell several meters down and subsequently had to be taken to hospital by ambulance. On 23 March 2021, a 46-year-old man died in one of the four steel pipes while performing maintenance on the sculpture.
Dimensions and materials The sculpture has the following dimensions and material use:
Measure Meter Diameter at ground level 60.00 Height above ground level (pillars) 32.00 Height to upper platform 11.22 Radius in the steel dome 42.00 Radius at bottom 110.8 Staircase width 10.00 Step height 0.34
Materials Amount Steel sheeting 270 t Structural steel 80 t Steel pillars 30 t Concrete 250 m³ Asphalt 300 t Reinforcement steel 15 t Volume of earth excavated 7,000 m³ Terrain regulation 20,000 m³ earth
References
External links
Elia Homepage