Photos by Younes Bounhar / Doublespace Photography. All images Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY, shared with permissionMore Than 200,000 Rivets Secure the Ultra-Thin Aluminum Facets of The Orb by Marc FornesApril 2, 2025ArtDesignKate MothesFrom geometric, white panels riveted together into an undulating sphere, Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANYs newest public installation invites visitors to immerse themselves in a luminous experience on Googles Charleston East Campus in California.Designed as a physical embodiment of innovation and creativity, The Orb invites us into a 10-meter-tall, 26-meter-wide labyrinthine form made of ultra-thin aluminum. Edged yet edgeless, surfaces curve, branch, split, rejoin, and split again, the studio (previously) says. This extreme curvatureachieved through cutting-edge computational designenables the surfaces to be entirely self-supporting despite being just three millimeters thick.The Orb comprises 6,441 individual components connected with more than 217,000 rivets. During the day, a pattern of holes speckles sunlight across the pavilion and onto the ground. At night, the structure is illuminated, casting deep shadows that contrast the bright details.Fornes mission, hybridizing elements of art and architecture, is to spark the joy wandering, the joy of marveling. Find more on THEVERYMANY website.Next article