MEDIA ALERT: 40,000-pound Art Installation Undergoes Seismic “Shake” Test
MEDIA ALERT: 40,000-pound Art Installation Undergoes Seismic “Shake” Test
When:
Friday, July 2, 12:30 pm
Where:
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (elevated patio on the corner of Mission and 3rd)
701 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
What:
Full-scale, human-powered seismic isolation testing of an unreinforced masonry dome temporary art installation
Who:
- SF Department of Building Inspection representatives
- Michael Ramage, dome architect and lecturer from Cambridge University
Visuals:
20+ engineers in hard hats performing “shake” test on 40,000-pound concrete dome resting on a base-isolated platform
