suspended daruma

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Company: Moss&Lam in collaboration with Yabu Pushelberg

Position: Lead designer and production
Project location: SLS Lux Brickell - Miami, Florida, USA

Contribution: Material research//3d modeling//Fabrication//Structure design and engineering//Installation instruction manuals

(Images courtesy of Moss and Lam Inc.)

The 6-foot diameter Daruma doll spheres, hang from the ceiling of Katsuya, the fine dine Japanese restaurant by master Sushi Chef Katsuya Uechi.

The scale of these sculptures creates a show stopping experience for the restaurant’s patrons.

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The spheres were fabricated out of a lightweight
fire-rated skeleton that wraps around a structural core bearing its weight for suspension.  

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