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New York City Marathon Displays

New York, NY

Project Contacts: Kevin Poulin

With over 50,000 runners in 2014, the TCS New York City Marathon is the largest marathon in the world. Turning city streets into a raceday event requires eye-catching graphics and signage. SGH evaluated the structural design for...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Sports & Entertainment

Keywords:Metal-Aluminum, Sport/Entertainment, Temporary Structure

Tubular Bells at Lafayette Square

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

Let the Public Play, a project administered by the Cambridge Arts Council, brings playful environments to the city’s parks and playgrounds. As part of this project, Adam Simha, a Cambridge-based artist and metalsmith, designed Tubular Bells...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Sports & Entertainment

Keywords:Art Work, Fasteners and Connections, Temporary Structure

2015 Design Biennial Boston, Tectonics of Transparency: The Tower

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

Second in Cristina Parreño's Tectonics of Transparency series, The Tower was a temporary installation on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. To align with the exhibition's infrastructure heritage theme, the glass tower served as a periscope,...

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings, Art Work, Structural Glass, Temporary Structure

Boston Society of Architects, Catenary Compression: The Tensile Vault at Bigger than a Breadbox, Smaller than a Building

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

The 2015 exhibition, Bigger than a Breadbox, Smaller than a Building, featured large-scale installations in the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) Space. SGH provided structural engineering and materials science services for the three main...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Fasteners and Connections, Temporary Structure, Wood

Boston Society of Architects, Microtherme at Bigger than a Breadbox, Smaller than a Building

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Concrete, Fasteners and Connections, Temporary Structure

Boston Society of Architects, Step 7: Our Fathers at Bigger than a Breadbox, Smaller than a Building

Boston, MA

Project Contacts: Paul Kassabian

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Digital Fabrication, Fasteners and Connections, Temporary Structure, Wood Frame

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute Gala Exhibition

New York, NY

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson

On display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) from May to September, the Costume Institute’s 2016 exhibit examined the balance of creating fashion both by hand and with new technology. To support the Manus x Machina exhibit, the...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Design-Build, Digital Fabrication, Dome, Revit/BIM, Temporary Structure

Harvard University, The Grove, We All

Allston, MA

Project Contacts: Paul Kassabian

In November 2016, the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) announced an inaugural design-build competition for an installation in The Grove at the intersection of North Harvard Street and Western Avenue. With their winning We All design, GSD...

Services:Materials Design, Structural Design

Markets:Cultural

Keywords:Art Work, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Materials Testing for Design, Plastic/Composite, Temporary Structure

Windscreen

Cambridge, MA

Project Contacts: Matthew Johnson, Paul Kassabian

To honor their 150th anniversary, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hosted many events, including the FAST Arts Festival. The festival for art, science, and technology, showcased exciting installations throughout the campus. Howeler...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Other

Keywords:Art Work, Temporary Structure, Wind Loads

Super Bowl Structures

Various Locations, United States

Project Contacts: Kevin Poulin

Every year, the big game requires a variety of exterior graphics and installations to transform the host venue into the Super Bowl venue. Working with the event coordinators, SGH evaluated the structural design for several large displays...

Services:Structural Design

Markets:Sports & Entertainment

Keywords:Art Work, Metal-Aluminum, Sport/Entertainment, Temporary Structure

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New York City Marathon Displays

Tubular Bells at Lafayette Square

2015 Design Biennial Boston, Tectonics of Transparency: The Tower

Boston Society of Architects, Catenary Compression: The Tensile Vault at Bigger than a Breadbox, Smaller than a Building

Boston Society of Architects, Microtherme at Bigger than a Breadbox, Smaller than a Building

Boston Society of Architects, Step 7: Our Fathers at Bigger than a Breadbox, Smaller than a Building

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute Gala Exhibition

Harvard University, The Grove, We All

Windscreen

Super Bowl Structures

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