Las Catalinas continues to grow as a place where art and everyday life intersect. Recently, two new sculptural works have been installed in Town by Estudio Rambar, bringing a quiet but powerful presence to the public realm. One of the sculptures is located in Plaza Central, next to Concierge, while the other can be found in the lobby of Santarena Hotel.
The series, titled Balance, is a collaboration between artists Maxime Viellard and Ángel Lara Vargas. The works explore the relationship between stability and collapse, capturing moments that feel both suspended and inevitable. They draw inspiration from the Zen practice of balancing stones, often done in rivers as a form of meditation, translating this ephemeral act into a permanent sculptural form.
Created using stones sourced from the Orosí River, each sculpture carries a direct connection to Costa Rica’s natural landscape. The pieces are held together by iron elements that pass through the stone itself, each rock carefully cut to allow the metal to connect and hold the composition in place. While the sculptures may appear to exist in a fragile balance, they are in fact fully connected and structurally fixed. The sense of tension is intentional, a result of precise design rather than chance.