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ball nogues: cradle installation in santa monica
'cradle' on the wall of a santa monica parking structure (– originally designed by frank gehry)
LA-based collaborative design and fabrication studio ball nogues just finished their
most recent public art proposal. the project consists of a sculpture situated on the
exterior wall of an existing parking structure at santa monica place - originally designed
by frank gehry - near the beach and third street promenade. the site is heavily trafficked
by tourists on foot and in automobiles. named 'cradle', the permanent artwork was installed on
tuesday, july 27, 2010. it measures 39 ft. wide and 36 ft. high.
the piece is an aggregation of mirror polished stainless steel spheres and operates structurally
like an enormous newton’s cradle (the ubiquitous toy found on the desktops of corporate executives).
each ball is suspended by a cable from a point on the wall and locked in position by a combination
of gravity and neighboring balls.
time-lapsed 'cradle' installation
detail of polished stainless steel spheres
through their work, benjamin ball (b. 1968, waterloo, iowa) and gaston nogues
(b. 1968, buenos aires, argentina) explore the intersection of digital methods with
physical reality.
stainless steel spheres
stainless steel spheres
gaston nogues puts hands on the stainless steel spheres installation under construction
stainless steel spheres
drawing
courtesy ball and nogues
construction process
construction process
construction process
benjamin ball showing a tiny model of the formwork in front of the 'cradle' in santa monica under construction.
'cradle' model in the los angeles studio of ball and nogues
image © designboom
designboom visited ball and nogues office in los angeles in june and assisted to preparations
and the various steps of model making.
gaston nogues and the 'cradle' model
image © designboom
'cradle' model and formwork for cradle
image © designboom
detail of stainless steel spheres
image © designboom
benjamin ball explains the production process during the making of the 'cradle' model
image © designboom
welding - the actual production of the stainless steel spheres
inflating - the actual production of the stainless steel spheres
inflating - the actual production of the stainless steel spheres
principals in charge: benjamin ball, gaston nogues
project manager and lead fabricator: james jones
team: andrew lyon, tim peeters, will trossell
custom software development: pylon technical
structural engineer: buro happold, los angeles
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