Public Art Installed!

Kana's install went real smooth (well except for the massive amount of rain on one of the days).

So here we see the web of stainless steel bar suspended above head height. It supports custom machined (by us of course) stainless steel brackets that attach to the rod and hold via compression the circular dichroic glass graphic elements. The dichroic glass truly does create interesting dynamic shadows on the ground and walls as the sun moves across the sky.

Here you can also see a few of the powder coated steel holders with cast glass pieces inside them. They are located at the columns, and along the short wood clad concrete wall.

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Steel for landings.

The custom perforated 3/8" steel plate looks interesting with the hole pattern. The holes where machine punched and need no cleaning. The sun passing through the holes creates an interesting pattern underneath the sheets, and it will be interesting to see how that interacts on site. The big sheet weighs about 900 lbs.

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Public Art

Kana Tanaka's project is wrapping up.
An organic element in the mix.
This weaving organic pattern was made up from stainless steel bar that was hand bent and then welded at the intersections. It will hold custom made stainless steel brackets that will then hold dichroic glass elements.

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Deja Vu

Remember that steel structural frame we were working on a while back......probably not.
The main Frame went in a while ago, now the landing supports are going in. It's for architect Craig Steely's project in San Francisco.
It's looking really good.

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Some color

We are often asked to help out in terms of technical and fabrication issues on Artist installations. Sometimes it just needs some UrbanLab Design expertise to realize the full potential of the Artist's ideas and drawings.
Here are some pieces for glass artist Kana Tanaka that required our knowledge. They are custom machined and lazercut steel elements that are going to be embedded in a concrete wall and hold graphic glass pieces in Lafayette. Finish is powdercoated.

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