Contact: Victoria Winkelman or Kami DuncanSMU Meadows School of the Arts
(214) 768-3785 or (214) 768-2788
October 7, 2002
FACT SHEET: "WAVE"
| Sculpture size: | • Dimensions: 26 ft. wide, 68 ft. long • Total weight: 35,800 kilos (approx. 79,000 pounds) |
| Bars: | • 129 bars, each 6 in. x 6 in. x 26 feet • Weight: 200 kilos (approx. 441 pounds) per bar • Material: reinforced hollow steel, completely covered with a quarter-inch thick coating of bronze. • During sculpture's wave motion, each bar rises and descends a total of 6 ft. • The bars are collectively powered by one motor. Shear pins in each bar allow individual bars to stop movement, if needed. |
| Pool: | • Dimensions: 40 ft. wide, 90 ft. long • Water is 4 inches deep • Water appears to disappear over edge of pool. This "vanishing edge" concept came from discussions with consultant Kelly Hartwig, who also served as a consultant on the Oklahoma City Memorial, which employs a similar concept. |
| Lighting: | The pool has two rows of recessed underwater lights, one row on each side of the sculpture, hidden in troughs. |
| Designer: | Santiago Calatrava |
| Manufacturer: | Sculpture manufactured by EMEBE of Valencia, Spain |
| Architects of Reflecting Pool | Good, Fulton & Farrell of Dallas; Project Lead was Maria Gomez |
| Landscape Architect: | The Office of Christopher Miller, Dallas |
| Pool Contractor: | Constructors & Associates, Dallas |
| SMU Project Manager: | Gil Hinojosa |
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