Posted on 9/9/2022
The inauguration of ‘Salmon Eye’, the world’s largest floating and walkable art installation by Eide Fjordbruk, took place in Norway on September 2. The structure is 14.55 meters high on four levels (above and below the water); 1,000.6 square meters with a weight of 1,256 tons located above 300 meters deep, and built to withstand waves of more than 4 meters high.
The conceptual design of the facility was handled by Kvorning Design, while the actual construction of Salmon Eye took 13 months from cutting the first steel plate until it was fully equipped. Fabrication was handled by Marketex Marine in Tallinn, Estonia.
“The project has required a lot of custom work, and there have been multiple challenges along the way related to fa...