12 Projects

New York City Marathon Displays 2014

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...

Services:Structural Design
Markets:Sports & Entertainment
Keywords:Metal-Aluminum, Sport/Entertainment, Temporary Structure
Tubular Bells at Lafayette Square

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...

Services:Structural Design
Markets:Sports & Entertainment
Keywords:Art Work, Fasteners and Connections, Temporary Structure
2015 Design Biennial Boston, Tectonics of Transparency: The Tower

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,...

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 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...

Services:Structural Design
Markets:Cultural
Keywords:Art Work, Fasteners and Connections, Temporary Structure, Wood
BSA, Microtherme at Bigger than a Breadbox, Smaller than a Building

Boston Society of Architects, Microtherme 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...

Services:Structural Design
Markets:Cultural
Keywords:Art Work, Concrete, Fasteners and Connections, Temporary Structure
Our Fathers 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

Boston
,
MA
Project Contacts:
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...

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...

Services:Structural Design
Markets:Cultural
Keywords:Design-Build, Digital Fabrication, Dome, Revit/BIM, Temporary Structure
Harvard University, The Grove, We All

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...

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

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...

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...

Services:Structural Design
Markets:Sports & Entertainment
Keywords:Art Work, Metal-Aluminum, Sport/Entertainment, Temporary Structure

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