One of the most important tasks of the process is the communication of the response characteristics of the structure with the client. The design consisted of a development of performance-based design criteria, code-compliance, 3-D dynamic analysis, contractibility, completeness and quality.

Miyamoto provided structural design services for a large and irregular sculpture adjacent to a roadway. This sculpture, for example, features numerous and varied canoes and rowboats, arranged around a large steel armature, like many leaves on the limb of a tree. Nancy Rubins transforms industrial, manufactured objects-such as mattresses, appliances, boats-into the building blocks of her physically commanding monumental sculptures. Although Rubins claims that Big Edge has no explicit meaning, its “boats on dry land” concept does draw attention to the troubling difficulties of building a verdant, lush metropolis in the center of an arid desert. Big Edge has also been described as “gravity-defying,” as thousands of pounds of stainless steel are used to make the sculpture appear as if it’s hovering above the ground.

Described as a “bouquet” and a “big metal flower,” Big Edge is the epitome of Nancy Rubins’ sculpture art, which specializes in clustering airplane parts, water heaters, and other industrial consumer goods into blooming bundles. Built in 2009 and still standing today, Big Edge stands at a length of 75 feet and brightens up the day of every visitor to the Cit圜enter. Nancy Rubins’ “Big Edge” sculpture combines over 200 aluminum canoes, kayaks, rowboats, and sailboats, each weighing between 60 and 125 pounds, into one flowering cluster of art.

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