UHB Atrium
CAT: Fabrication + Installation
Design: Studio Weave
Fabrication: Nicholas Alexander
Technical Design: Jak Drinnan / Tekne Lab
Location: University Hospital Bristol, UY
STATUS: Completed 2014
Designed by Studio Weave and fabricated / installed by creative construction company Nicholas Alexander; UHB is a permanent art installation located at University Hospital Bristol, UK.
The design functions both as a piece of art, but also as a performative surface to acoustically attenuate the large atrium. Working closely with the design and manufacturing teams, Tekne Lab developed the final fabrication logics by creating a physics based relaxation simulation in order to determine the precise steel cable lengths required for the artworks underlying framework.
All images courtesy of Nicholas Alexander / Studio Weave
Drawings by Tekne Lab