Foamlinx and WeCutFoam Fabricating the Whispering Dishes” LIZ Exhibit in San Francisco
Here is an exhibit that we have created for the Exploratorium Museum and the City of San Francisco. It is called “Whispering Dishes”, San Francisco’s first Living Innovation Zone, also known as LIZ.
This exhibit is one of ten new Living Innovation Zones Exhibits that the City of San Francisco is planning on placing on the sidewalks, to serve as new dynamic and interactive public spaces. Those exhibits will connect visitors, innovators and the City of San Francisco to facilitate visitor’s exploration and hands on science and technology, while revitalizing the city. This first LIZ exhibit, which we took part in its fabrication, was placed on Market Street, next to Yerba Buena, and was launched October 29, 2013.
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| Mayor Lee launches nation's first Living Innovation Zone |
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| One of the styrofoam dishes after being milled |
Each dish was 9ft tall.
The project was made in five layers.
Each layer was 7” thick.
We machined (milled) both the top and the bottom of the dishes.
To finalize the foam cutting and machining stage, all layers were glued to one another to create the full display.
We made 3" holes to secure the two sides of the concrete that was to be put on top of the foam.
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| Applying 3" thick concrete over foam |
Heriberto sprayed concrete on top of the foam, making each layer of concrete 3" thick.
Once the concrete hardened and dried - the exhibit design was ready to be transported to the display site on Market street
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| Polishing the concrete overlay |
The end product is two 9 foot tall dishes facing each other, being 50 feet apart, with standing geometric layers between them.
The structure is made so that people standing on each side of the dishes, whispering will be able to hear each other, even with the heavy street noise.
