Marieke

#engineeringis providing a #safe passage for dancers, staff, and wardrobe between @houstonballet's Center for Dance and the @worthamcenter's backstage.
Not only is the skybridge structurally sound up to 150 mph winds, it also used an Eco-etch method to etch #silhouettes of #company dancers into the structure's stainless #steel. Typical etching uses harsh chemicals, but Eco-etching uses a bead blasting method that leaves the steel non-porous so it stays #clean, and #beautiful, longer.
#Nerdalert: the linear #pattern was inspired by the Benesh system of #dance notation - essentially the equivalent of written music.
#ballet #dance #theater #arts #Houston #downtown #architecture #form #function #elegant #magichour #nofilter #civil #structural #materials #engineering