The Design and Analysis of "Quantum Cloud" Steel sculpture by internationally recognised sculptor Antony Gormley Custom fractal growth software written to develop the structural form Linear, nonlinear and wind assessment analysis "Quantum Cloud" is a 30 metre high x 16 metre wide x 10 metre deep elliptical cloud sculpture which stands on four cast iron caissons in the River Thames adjacent to the O2 arena and the Emirates Air Line cable car in London, UK. It is the work of "Angel of the North" sculptor, Antony Gormley, and is formed from 1.5 metre long lengths of randomly orientedsteel sections which di?use at the edges and condense into a 20 metre high human body form at the centre. At the time of its construction, in 1999, it was the tallest sculpture in the UK. The engineering design

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