Concept map – Giant slides
Installation picture:
Description of
Installation:
The Technische Universität München (TUM;
University of Technology, Munich; Technical University of Munich) is a research
university with campuses in Munich, Garching, and Weihenstephan. It is a member
of TU9, an incorporated society of the largest and most notable German
institutes of technology.
Located
inside the Faculty Building for Math and Computer Science are a pair of three
storey slides that descend to the first floor. Being a Math and Computer
Science facility these are actually “parabolic slides” (formula: z = y = h
x²/d²). For those proclaiming this a waste of money: according to German law, a
certain fraction of the budget for erecting a state-owned building has to be
spent on “architectural art” (German Kunst am Bau)—which, in the case of the
FMI building, are the two huge slides you can see in the picture above.
The
slides are open to visitors and are accompanied with sliding pads that are
required for using the slide. What a fun and quick way to get from the third
floor to first! If you’re ever in Munich, be sure to take a ride down these!
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