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The ‘Angel of Hope’ statue in Horry County’s Cherry Grove Point disappeared over the weekend. Here’s all we know so far.
The Angel, which weighs 208 tonnes, [18] stands on top of a 5.3-metre (17 ft) base, which itself rests on a concrete slab 150 centimetres (59 in) thick covering 100 square metres (1,100 sq ft). [21] Due to its exposed location, Gateshead Council's engineering director sought advice from Ove Arup & Partners on how the sculpture could be built to ...
It is a 25 meters (82 ft) high artwork that features a crouched angel placed on a 6 meters (20 ft) high concrete plinth. Even though its basement also functions as an observation deck, [3] as of January 2020 there were no bridges or access roads that directly connect to it. [4] The sculpture weighs 25 metric tons (25 long tons; 28 short tons). [5]
The stainless steel structure rests on a three-sided concrete base. According to the designer, the form is an abstraction of a flame, which represents the body of a fallen angel. The original design included a pair of wings, but they were not installed, due to concerns about their structural integrity. [1]
The statues are made of colored concrete and are approximately three metres tall. Each is a different color (pale green, pale yellow, pink) and has slightly different facial proportions. They represent angels , a common theme of their sculptor Lučka Koščak.
The Dream sculpture is built out of moulded and cast unique concrete shapes, 90 pieces in all contributing to over 14 tiers (54 individual elements for the head, each weighing 9 tonnes (8.9 long tons; 9.9 short tons)). Dolomite was utilised as a concrete aggregate in order to provide the brilliant white finish.