View from the overpass between Aria and Vdara.
Site model (234" x 145" x 33") and artist's boat model.
Site model (19'-6" x 14'-1" x 2'-9") and artist's boat model.
View from the overpass between Aria and Vdara.
Nancy Rubins' water vessel sculpture "Big Edge" at MGM's CityCenter
Over 75’ long, cantilevered over Vdara’s main driveway, Rubin’s steel and aluminum sculpture suspends a wave of found objects: rowboats, canoes, kayaks, all tied in tension with stainless steel cable.
Flynn A&D created photomontages of sizing and placement to get the initial location for the sculpture approved, then built (with the art gallery’s assistance) a 190 s.f. site model for locating the artist's 1:12 scale maquette within the landscape context. The model allowed the artist and client to finesse the sculpture's placement as it overhung the roadway below.
Flynn A&D further assisted in the structural coordination of the piece.
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Built, 2009
CityCenter, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Nancy Rubins
MGM Resorts International
Flynn A&D
DeSimone Consulting Engineers
G-C Arts, Michele C Quinn Fine Art Advisory