I remembered this amazing sculpture from my last visits, and was determined to sketch it this time.

It’s called Floralis Genérica, but most people just call it The Flower. It was given to the city by Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano in 2002. It is made of stainless steel over a skeleton of aluminum and reinforced concrete. At 23 metres high, it is very impressive.

Its petals open every morning at 8 am and close at dusk. So far I haven’t seen it closed, but I’ll have to make a point of doing that one day.

Here is my sketch, with a photo taken from the same vantage point to let you see what it actually looks like!