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| Model in place at Twin Tower plaza,
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The Future City Model is one of the 16 domes that make
up the Magic Garden. We made the plans for the structure of clear acrylic
after the ideas of the artist couple. This design then was calculated by the
structural engineer Tim Mills (leaning on the model -see picture to the
left) for sustainability in the Japanese climate with heat changes and
earth quakes. He was also responsible for the construction of the
protecting dome and its conditioning.
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| Structural engineer Tim Mills
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The
various parts of the structure were cut with a computerized laser machine
and build up in the studio in New York that was rented for that purpose.
The prefabricated elements of the city could then be assembled over a
short period of time and buildup in its deep pit, which would be
ultimately placed in Japanese soil.
The artists Deborah Schmidt and Eric Staller who
were also responsible for the 16 different project of the Garden mostly
did the detailed finishing of the various layers.
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Future City by night. Photo:
Eric Staller |
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Deborah Schmidt works on the education building with
Chris Vorlet.
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Enno and Eric work side by side in the NY studio.
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Eventually
the model was put into a crate and shipped to Japan. After arrival by
plane the crate with the model made a drop and proved earth quake
resistant.
The model is
mostly meant to be a conceptual proposal, but its physical realization to
scale proves to work as a construction for meta-buildings to support a
compact city.
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The crate is loaded in NYC for shipping to
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