In The Round
LOCATION
Houston, TX
CLIENT
Midway
CLIENT
Midway
YEAR
2019
YEAR
2019
OVERVIEW
Designed for an open-aired atrium above a traffic intersection—one of the many elevated walkways that connect the office towers in Downtown Houston, In the Round is a permanent installation made of perforated fabric. The oval geometry takes cue from the moving traffic through the intersection, while the soft, nonplanar edges of the fabric produce distinct and unexpected figures with each successive planimetric cut. Viewers on the ground-level are presented with its inner façade, while the viewers on the elevated walkway engage with its exterior façade. (With SCHAUM/SHIEH)
Designed for an open-aired atrium above a traffic intersection—one of the many elevated walkways that connect the office towers in Downtown Houston, In the Round is a permanent installation made of perforated fabric. The oval geometry takes cue from the moving traffic through the intersection, while the soft, nonplanar edges of the fabric produce distinct and unexpected figures with each successive planimetric cut. Viewers on the ground-level are presented with its inner façade, while the viewers on the elevated walkway engage with its exterior façade. (With SCHAUM/SHIEH)
Designed for an open-aired atrium above a traffic intersection—one of the many elevated walkways that connect the office towers in Downtown Houston, In the Round is a permanent installation made of perforated fabric. The oval geometry takes cue from the moving traffic through the intersection, while the soft, nonplanar edges of the fabric produce distinct and unexpected figures with each successive planimetric cut. Viewers on the ground-level are presented with its inner façade, while the viewers on the elevated walkway engage with its exterior façade. (With SCHAUM/SHIEH)
Designed for an open-aired atrium above a traffic intersection—one of the many elevated walkways that connect the office towers in Downtown Houston, In the Round is a permanent installation made of perforated fabric. The oval geometry takes cue from the moving traffic through the intersection, while the soft, nonplanar edges of the fabric produce distinct and unexpected figures with each successive planimetric cut. Viewers on the ground-level are presented with its inner façade, while the viewers on the elevated walkway engage with its exterior façade. (With SCHAUM/SHIEH)
Project Partner
Weingarten Art Group
Project Team
Troy Schaum
Rosalyne Shieh
Tucker Douglas
Andrea Brennan
Consultants
Zia Structural Engineering
Fractal Structural
Model
Huidi Xiang
Project Partner
Weingarten Art Group
Project Team
Troy Schaum
Rosalyne Shieh
Tucker Douglas
Andrea Brennan
Consultants
Zia Structural Engineering
Fractal Structural
Model
Huidi Xiang
Project Partner
Weingarten Art Group
Project Team
Troy Schaum
Rosalyne Shieh
Tucker Douglas
Andrea Brennan
Consultants
Zia Structural Engineering
Fractal Structural
Model
Huidi Xiang
