The signature building GoCo House is created to form the hub of the new district GoCo Health Innovation City in Mölndal. This is where business, the public sector, and academia meet to solve the challenges we face in health and Life Science. In addition to a capacity for 350 companies and close to 10,000 job opportunities, GoCo Health Innovation City is also an open district where the public can enjoy restaurants, cafés, and new environments. The district's focus on human health, research, and development also became the starting point for the sculptures now taking place on the roof of GoCo House. A work of art signed by Thomas Broomé - a landmark dedicated to human beings.
The artwork consists of five sculptures in human shapes with different expressions and movements. With a height of up to 7 meters, the sculptures will be visible from the inside of the city center as well as from the highway south of Gothenburg. "Three sculptures are taller than Poseidon," says Thomas Broomé and continues.
- The sculptures have a connection to both the building itself, designed in the human scale, As well as the area as a center for health, innovation, and research. I was early on portraying the human being but quickly realized that I needed to work on a large scale so that the artworks could be seen from a distance. The sculptures are made to a scale of 3.5:1, approximately 7 meters tall, and change as the viewer moves around them. You see the sculpture as opaque from one side. From another angle, the figure disappears, only to return the next moment. A contrast that reflects the changing life. Things can disappear but at the same time remain, depending on how we choose to see them.
The five sculptures depict a man with a child on his shoulders. A woman stretching her arms upwards. A couple holding each other. An individual crouching on the ground and a walking woman. The laser-cut aluminum sheet, from which the sculptures are constructed in different layers, creates a feeling of that people are changing.
- I believe that the artwork will be experienced as a reflection of the viewer. Humans change, move, develop, and so do the works of art depending on where you are in relation to it.
The artwork Jättar got its name from Isaac Newton's famous quote: "If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants". An approach that reflects the essence of the area with collaboration as the driving force and cornerstone, as well as the importance of looking both backwards and forwards in time and learning from each other.
- GoCo Health Innovation City is based on creating space for new meetings which in turn can drive development and innovation. It is about collaboration and sharing knowledge for the future, humanity, and future generations. The artwork became exactly the symbol we envisioned, and we are extremely proud to be able to give a home to a new landmark in the region, says Anna Eckerstig, Director of Real Estate Development at GoCo Health Innovation City.
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