A creation of two, unique donor walls that commemorate scientific prize winners.
The first wall comprises two sculptural hemispheres build of hundreds of triangular steel plaques, set into two-way complex curves. Face triangles are all the same size to facilitate interchangeability, but the structural triangles of the complex support system of both walls had to be engineered with no two dimensions the same. The system is also entirely magnetic, but doesn’t look it, allowing updates and swaps whenever necessary. On the donor recognition wall, real biomedical research images turned into abstract art can be found close up on all of the donor plaques. Scientific prize plaques each host a custom illustration done in engraving-style dot portraits by Wall Street Journal ‘hedcut’ artists.
Client: The Rockefeller University
Firm: C&G Partners
Photography: C&G Partners