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Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), East Station Plaza, Danseurs (Dancing Ladies)

Union City, CA

Project Contacts: John Sumnicht

Union City sought to develop a civic plaza with a featured centerpiece and commissioned a terraced fountain with three bronze Danseurs on platforms positioned within the fountain. With the fountain located only 0.6 mi northeast from the Hayward...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Award Winning, Base Isolation, Seismic Isolation

Lowden State Park, Indian Statue

Oregon, IL

Project Contacts: Peter Babaian, Jared Brewe

Designed by Lorado Taft, the Indian stands on a high bluff in Lowden State Park as a tribute to Native Americans. The 50 ft figure, dedicated in 1911, is composed of structural concrete with an architectural concrete exterior. The concrete...

Services:Materials Rehabilitation

Keywords:Art Work, Concrete, Concrete Mix Design, Historic, Preservation Technology

Quantum Me and Quantum Dee Sculptures

IL

Project Contacts: Terrence McDonnell

Davis McCarty, a Chicago-based artist, exhibits his sculptures at museums, iconic buildings, and art festivals around the world. As part of Mayor Emanuel’s 50 x 50 Neighborhood Arts Project, the Beverly Area Arts Alliance and 49th Ward...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Cultural, Metal-Aluminum, Metal-Steel, Wind Loads

Boston Society of Architects, Coopered Column at Urban Timber: From Seed to City

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson

The exhibition, Urban Timber: from Seed to City at the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) Space, was curated and designed by Yugon Kim and Tomomi Itakura. Kim and Itakura are principals at the Boston-based architecture firm IKD. The Coopered...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Wood

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, International Design Center, Tectonics of Transparency: The Wall

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

The sculpture, designed by Cristina Parreño, is located on the second floor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Museum on Massachusetts Avenue as part of their International Design Center. Acting as a symbol of the creative...

Services:Materials Design, Structural Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Art Work, Digital Fabrication, Structural Glass

Site Double, 2012 Venice Biennale

Venice, Italy

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

Site Double, designed by Milligram-Office and commissioned for the 2012 Venice Biennale, translates the idea of a single-family house in Detroit (near the Architect's studio) to a Venetian gallery. Site Double, which invokes the Venice...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Exhibitions/Park Pavilions, Fasteners and Connections, International, Residential, Wood

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Framework Pavilion

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

The Framework Pavilion, a temporary installation at MIT, was designed by Architecture graduate students, Robert White, David Moses, Barry Beagen, and Trygve Wastvedt. The students describes the themes of the installation to reflect those...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Digital Fabrication, Wood Frame

Polytrauma and Blind Rehabilitation Center, Field Guide

Palo Alto, CA

Project Contacts: Paul Kassabian

Displayed outside the Veteran’s Administration Polytrauma & Blind Rehabilitation Center, Field Guide initially appears to be an abstract latticework. As they approach, visitors can see or feel that this form comprises twenty-two images...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Health Care

Keywords:Art Work, Computational Design, Digital Fabrication, Finite Element Analysis, Metal-Steel, Seismic Analyses

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Schwerpunkt

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Paul Kassabian

The Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology wanted artwork for the entrance of their McGovern Institute. Ralph Helmick designed Schwerpunkt, a sculpture comprising 100 suspended neurons, to reflect the...

Services:Materials Design, Structural Design

Markets:Education - College & Prep

Keywords:Art Work, Computational Design, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Materials Testing for Design, Metal

North Carolina Museum of Art, Smokestack Project

Raleigh, NC

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson

As they planned for a multi-million dollar renovation to their 164-acre park, the North Carolina Museum of Art commissioned artist Jim Hodges to reinvent their existing smokestack as a permanent art installation. The brick masonry smokestack is...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Chimney/Stack, Computational Design, Condition Assessment, Masonry-Brick

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March 4, 2020

Why Are Museum Projects Challenging?

By: Sean OBrien

A museum is generally conditioned for the purpose of preservation of artwork – most importantly to provide stable heat and humidity in the museum space, explains SGH Senior Principal Sean O’Brien.

Keywords:Art Work, Building Science, Museum

Categories:Experience, Points of View

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Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), East Station Plaza, Danseurs (Dancing Ladies)

Lowden State Park, Indian Statue

Quantum Me and Quantum Dee Sculptures

Boston Society of Architects, Coopered Column at Urban Timber: From Seed to City

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, International Design Center, Tectonics of Transparency: The Wall

Site Double, 2012 Venice Biennale

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Framework Pavilion

Polytrauma and Blind Rehabilitation Center, Field Guide

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Schwerpunkt

North Carolina Museum of Art, Smokestack Project

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