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In front of the new 1899 Hoffenheim
stadium a 280 cm wide Floating
Disc was installed. Carrying a 5 m tall
steel sculpture it floats weightlessly
on a 380 cm wide base stone. Both
disc and base stone are monolithic
pieces. The precision Kusser Aicha
processes and controls the stone with
and very little water pressure are
everything that is necessary to lift disc
and sculpture, which weigh 11.5 tons,
and set them into a smooth rotation.
Design: Wilhelm Schneider, 2008
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