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Case Study - San Diego Hilton
Challenge For the San Diego Hilton project, John Portman associates wanted to create two large back-lit Jali artworks within a long back-lit glass wall. The artworks needed to be 12' x 14' each and thus would have to be manufactured in parts that must seamlessly join together on site without anything showing under the back-lighting. The individual panels much be 12' tall each and have clear...
Case Study - National Museum of Health and Medicine
Challenge Kling Stubbins, wanted to use Sensitile Terrazzo interactive concrete to create a medallion type floor insert for the National Museum of Health and Medicine. The medallion would integrate the sparkling qualities of the Sensitile Terrazzo material along with bronze logo elements that would be embedded into the material. The size of the medallion would be 6 feet in diameter which ended up...
Case Study - Farragut North Metro Station - Washington, DC
Challenge Artist Jefre Manuel proposed the used of Sensitile's panels for the Farragut North Metro station Public Art competition his winning entry. His vision called for a feature wall with an organic and flowing shape depicting Admiral Farragut's Journey up the Mississippi river. Process Sensitile worked with Jefre, The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and The Golden...
Case Study -Steelcase Table
Challenge Brayton International wanted to develop accent furniture with the interactive properties of Sensitile Terrazzo. The designs for the pieces were inspired by the shapes of tree stumps and rocks and then made more geometrical. In order to work, the material had to be produced as a repeatable, lightweight, single piece 3-dimensional casting. Process Sensitile initially produced several...