Piotr Kowalski, Thermocouple, 1977

Piotr Kowalski (*1927 Lemberg/​Lviv, UKR; † 2004 Paris, FRA) studied mathematics and formal logic. 1947 – 52 studies at the M.I.T., Cambridge, (Massachusetts). Work with painting, sculpture, experimental photography and graphic art. Kowalski also worked as a designer and architect in Paris. 1953 – 55 member of the team of architects that built the UNESCO building in Paris.

For ​“Thermocouple” Kowalski used two different sorts of steel which were molecularly combined by means of rolling at very high temperatures. The two steel plates begin to move under the influence of heat or cold. At freezing point they are parallel to each other.

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