The 50 meter long, site-specific ecological artwork, which separates a residential development of 1,000 new apartments from the adjacent riverside path, includes four types of boxes to accommodate different species of birds and bats. Running along the south-western edge of ‘Strata’, a new residential development in Cardiff Bay, the wall is accessible via the riverside walk leading from Clarence Road toward the city center.
Gschwendtner’s design for the ’Animal Wall’ matches Strata, which provides approximately 1,000 new apartments and houses. Thousand nest boxes for different bird and bat species are integrated into the fabric of the wall that separates the development from the adjacent public riverside walk. The wall has a custom-made wood crete cladding to be architecturally stunning and environmentally sensitive.
German-born Gitta Gschwendtner moved to London in the early 1990s to study design at Central Saint Martins, Kingston University, and the Royal College of Art. After graduating from the RCA with an MA in Furniture Design in 1998, she set up her independent design studio for furniture, interior design, exhibition design, and public art projects for cultural, arts and corporate clients.
