Pi-Chacán, Marble sculpture at University Hospital, Germany.
Pi-Chacán is a marble sculpture made of red Verona marble located at Tübingen University Hospital and positioned between multiple buildings. The work features a distinctive form that shapes the character of the space where several medical facilities meet.
Artist Fernando de la Jara created the work in 2001 at the end of the Street of Arts, where it marks the medical buildings. This installation represents a moment when contemporary art enriched the university campus.
The name Pi-Chacán comes from the Quechuan language and refers to places where water carves tunnels through rock. Visitors encounter this link to Andean culture directly when experiencing the work.
The work is easily accessible for wheelchair users and stands at a central point where multiple building entrances meet. You can view it from different angles and it remains freely accessible throughout the year.
In 2014, firefighters rescued an American exchange student trapped inside the sculpture while attempting an unusual photograph. This incident reveals how the work's openings draw visitors to engage with it in unexpected ways.
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