The logic of its construction appears to shift as we walk around it. Yet, its shape is based on a simple formal rule: beginning with the U-shape parallel to the ceiling, each additional U-shape is turned clockwise, with the end of the top shape connecting to the beginning to the one below.
The title which refers to the Greek word for infinity, variously adapted in philosophy, theology, and geology to evoke the largest thinkable temporal unit, suggests this spiral could be extended infinitely.
它的构造逻辑似乎随人们绕着它走动而发生变化。但是,它的形状是基于一个简单的形式规则:从与天花板平行的U形开始,每个其他U形都顺时针旋转,顶部形状的末端连接到下一个形状的起点。
标题指的是希腊语“无穷大”一词,在哲学、神学和地质学中有不同含义,以唤起最大的人类可思考的时间单位,表明这种螺旋可以无限扩展。