1000 Museum Miami is a luxury residential building by Zaha Hadid Architects in Miami. In this project we were responsible for the engineering, fabrication and installation of the GFRP (glas fiber reinforced plastic) panels for the lobby and drivecourt.
These panels, designed by ZHA were double curvature in its geometry in some sections of the panel and contained a circular pattern to be followed as specified by ZHA with special reflective paint.
The GFRP panels were fabricated in México and sent to Miami to be installed by our installation crew.
The main structure that holds our panels was designed by kinetica and installed by others.
In order to successfully install the panels close coordination with MEP and other disciplines involved was essential.

this feature wall is located in an exterior patio of zaha hadid’s 520w 28th st luxury apartment building. the greenwall, name given by the planters that form part of the geometry, was fabricated with two different specially toned gfrp (glass fiber reinforced plastic). the gfrp pieces have a sanblasted finish simulating a more concrete like finish of the complete wall.

the molds for the planters were specially milled because of their complex geometry with a 7 axis robot.

the gfrp pieces were engineered and fabricated in kinetica and sent to be installed by a ny union company twin resources.

crates were sent from monterrey to ny in order of installation, and some even arrived between 48 to 72 hours.

we were asked to manufactures steel windows and doors for the first tadao ando project in mexico. the project begin with sketches and aesthetic parameters from the architects , our job was to design the profiles so that not only they were manufacturable and functional, but they followed the architects specifications. all of the house’s steel windows and doors were made with galvanized steel sheet, steel rectangular profiles and steel cold rolled flat bars.

the main spine was a 70 meters long, continuous curve, fabricated in 500 pieces of strategically cut steel tubes ranging from 10” to 2” diameter. these were manufactured off-site in our workshop, where we gave them the curvature needed to fulfill the project’s geometry, as well as the pipe fitting needed to create smooth connections.

given the complexity of the connections between the tubes that form the structure, a custom script was developed to automatize the extraction of fabrication documentation; the script takes as inputs the curves that represented the elements of the structure, and automatically generates not only the volumetric model, but also allows us to extract the cutting profiles necessary to facilitate the assembly of each piece with its intersecting complements. Each piece had to be cut with a particular profile in order to allow a proper assembly in its assigned place, so one of the script´s outputs was an unrolled plane of each intersection that could be printed and rolled around the tubes as a template to proceed to the cutting process.

the residence the onyx bridge was designed for was created as two separate bodies. the onyx bridge would serve as a joining walkway that would illuminate at night. people would be able to walk on top of this bridge, as well as to see it from below, since it leads to the residence main entrance. we created a structure, were the top onyx pieces would rest, and the lower onyx pieces would be hanging, and removable if needed. to strengthen the upper onyx pieces, which would be receiving weight and traffic, we laminated 12 mm glass with 9 mm glass and 19 mm onyx. this would structure the onyx enough for its use as a walkway.