Dennis Oppenheim visited the site for the first time since the three Radiant Fountains were erected at IAH airport. The LED lighting arrays are installed and will be connected to their power and data feeds to be animated into fluid showers of multi-colored light. Each tower is 60′ tall.
We returned to the task of designing a minimal/mobile solution to event photography with the SMILEBOOTH for Photo con Queso. Metalab were designers and fabrication consultants for the project now in production. It riffs on the interest in perforating material performance of sheet metal initiated in QUESO with some innovations in pipe coupling. Digital fabrication is key to the accurate translation from a parametric 3D model to physical components that fit into cases that can be carried on a plane and assembled quickly at an event.
A mid-assembly shot from last month out at IAH. Stay tuned for images of the LED animation coming soon…
The Austin Training Pavilion is substantially complete with a visit from Chris Doyle, Artist and METALAB, Fabrication and CM for Austin Art in Public Places at the Austin Firemen Training Facility.
The Austin Training Pavilion canopy was installed in an hour by the landscape crew (no steel erection subs necessary!). A wide load left Houston at 9am and met the crane on site. Lifting lugs included in the pre-fabricated assembly were used to hoist the entire assembly into place on its four 9′ columns. The beautiful Texas sun animated the waterjet cut suspended panels immediately. Showers, fans and site work are all that remain.
The Austin Training Pavilion canopy is complete and ready to ship as one integral assembly to the site. It will need an escort from Houston to Austin, look for it on I-10 next Friday. It will be installed on its four columns by four-point lift. Chris Doyle, Artist; Metalab, Digital Fabrication and CM.
The Radiant Fountains are underway at IAH. Dennis Oppenheim, Artist. Metalab, Construction Management. One up, two to go…
Matthew Geller, Artist, shared these images of the fog emitting tree called Woozy Blossom (Platanus nebulosus) that we designed and built here in Houston. It will be exhibited at Katonah Museum of Art until Oct 2010.
“Matthew Geller’s sixteen-foot-high perforated steel tree produces a continuous fog, inviting visitors to be engulfed in its mist and revel in its cool, moist air. The fog is in a constant state of flux, sensitive to the slightest changes in wind, temperature, and humidity. Woozy Blossom is simultaneously eerie, unexpected, and playful, transforming the Sculpture Garden into an ever-changing, other-worldly environment. Woozy Blossom is a project of Creative Capital.”
The Austin Training Pavilion canopy frame is complete with tube lattice that will receive the water jet cut corrugated panel system. The entire assembly will ship from Houston in one piece (with escort) and be installed on 4 columns.
