1993 PENINSULA HOTEL
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In 1993 Robert Boucher worked with Rocco Design architects and San Francisco interior designer Orlando Diaz Oscuay to create a neo-classical GFRC (glass fiber reinforced concrete) column cover, which clad two massive cast concrete structural columns that supported a 30 story addition to the historic Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong. These column capitals surfaced at the eighth floor roof deck, making a transition from the old hotel to the new tower. The column capitals rested on marble shafts and used uplighting, in the neck molding, to illuminate a frieze of figures, dancing and playing instruments. This project marked the first major collaboration with Concrete Designs, Inc. (Tucson, AZ) to accomplish the production of Robert's designs and castings. This relationship continues to this date. |
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The massive crown moldings for the capitals were screeded in plaster and molded at Concrete Designs, Inc. Tucson, AZ. Shown to the left is one of the finished castings awaiting crating before being shipped to Hong Kong by container. |
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The casstings are palletized, stretch wrapped, and prepared for overseas shipping at the CDI facility in Tucson. |
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FOUNTAIN DETAILS |
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THE INSTALLATION |
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FINIS 1994
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CREDITS:
Architect:
Rocco Design
Interior Design: Orlando Diaz
Azcuy
Sculptor: Melody Peters
Sculptor: Nicholas
Burke
Tooling & Casting: CDI, Tucson, AZ