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Feb 10, 20161 min read

How We Fabricated Berkeley Art Museum Exhibit with Architect Thom Faulders


The Berkley Art Museum project took 3 month from start to finish, With more than 160 pieces, most 8' in length.

We started out with over 100 blocks of EPS 1LB foam and lots of plywood

Styrofoam blocks ready to be cut and machined for fabricating Berkley Art Museum BAM Scape Exhibit
Styrofoam blocks for BAM Exhibit
Styrofoam blocks ready to be cut and machined for fabricating Berkley Art Museum BAM Scape Exhibit
Styrofoam blocks for museum exhibit

We cut the blocks of foam into modules shapes using our CNC hot wire foam cutter

Styrofoam block being machined on a CNC hot wire foam cutter for creating Berkeley Art Museum exhibit
CNC hot wire foam cuting
foam blocks being hot wired cut for creating BAM Scape Berkeley Art Museum exhibit
parts for BAM Scape exhibit

We covered each piece with 1/8" plywood on both sides

and 1/4" wiggle wood from the top

plywood over foam blocks hot wire cut for creating BAM Scape Berkeley Art Museum exhibit
plywood over foam parts
plywood over foam blocks hot wire cut for creating BAM Scape Berkeley Art Museum exhibit
Plywood over foam pieces
plywood over foam blocks hot wire cut for creating BAM Scape Berkeley Art Museum exhibit
Berkeley Art Museum exhibit creation
plywood over foam blocks hot wire cut for creating BAM Scape Berkeley Art Museum exhibit
BAM Scape museum exhibit

Each piece of module (covered with the plywodd) was primed

then painted bright orange

Construction of over 250 pieces for BAMScape interactive Berkeley Art museum exhibit
BAM Scape museum exhibit
Construction and assembly of BAMScape Berkeley Art museum interactive exhibit by WeCutFoam
BAM Scape museum exhibit

All pieces were glued and mounted to one another, then we glued anti slip pads onto each unit

over 250 interactive BAM Scape pieces for Berkeley Art Museum exhibit
BAM Scape museum exhibit
Over 250 seats from foam and plywood created by WeCutFoam for Berkeley
BAM Scape art museum exhibit

All module pieces were installed at Berkeley Art Museum and electric sockets were added to them to enable visitors to hook up their laptops

BAM Scape Berkeley Art Museum Exhibit assembled with electrical outlets for students to enjoy
BAM Scape museum exhibit

The end result is an interactive Living Art, "serving as a site for rest, relaxation, and study, as well as a platform for the experience of live performance and multimedia events".

Fabricator - WeCutFoam

www.wecutfoam.com

1248 Birchwood Drive

Sunnyvale, CA 94089

T 408 454 6163 sales@wecutfoam.com Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/wecutfoam Visit us on Instagram http://www.instagram.com/foamlinx Our Twitter Link http://twitter.com/We_Cut_Foam We are on Pinterest as well http://www.pinterest.com/foamcuttings

Architect - Thom Faulders FAULDERS STUDIO www.faulders-studio.com 1571 Ninth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 USA T 510.693.0013

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