White pyramid with fine grain on a wooden table, with green plants behind it

Space and Form

Pyramids

A square base, four triangular sides, one apex: the pyramid is among the oldest building forms of humankind.

Form and history

The Great Pyramid of Giza was originally about 147 metres high. Its base sides measure just over 230 metres, and its faces rise at an angle of 51 degrees and 50 minutes.

The association’s pyramids are inspired by this building form and cast in several sizes. The smallest sits on a table, the largest stands free in a room.

A separate variant has a hexagonal base. It joins the pyramid with the hexagon, the form of the honeycomb.

In the association’s collection

The pyramids are cast in white with rock crystal and in shungite; some are lacquered in silver or gold, and one has a golden tip.

Pyramid with a hexagonal base in shungite, with three further colours in front

Research questions

What we investigate

How do people describe a room with a pyramid in it, and how do they describe the same room without it?
Does size play a role, from the small pyramid on the table to the large one in the room?
Do people perceive the versions differently, for example white, shungite and gold?

In the room

Five pyramids in a row on parquet flooring, seen from above

Pyramids in gold, silver, shungite and white in a row

Golden pyramid with a hexagonal base on blue velvet