“Beauty will result from the form and correspondence of the whole, with respect to the several parts, of the parts with each other, and of these again to the whole: that the structure may appear an entire and complete body, wherein each member agrees with the other, and all necessary to compose what you intend to form”
-Andrea Palladio
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf.myportfolio.com/0dd30b9e0c3ae6e39c37889358d83eba/bfbb3837ea93fac61be133d0_rw_3840.jpg?h=630a5c7d6eef366a0d7f7c6616c33bb6)
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf.myportfolio.com/0dd30b9e0c3ae6e39c37889358d83eba/8ce8852a6912ef76a07f8035_rw_1920.jpg?h=13aa7d2937981276d29f44935fcab858)
A knife-plate connection and pin connection. Base plates are recessed flush with the top surface of the concrete
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf6.myportfolio.com/0dd30b9e0c3ae6e39c37889358d83eba/040f878dd4a503e4729c53e2_rw_1920.jpg?h=8933f50020b5980d97265e563a9eaa6c)
Cross-bracing uses tension cables and turnbuckles that were sourced from radio-controlled airplanes.
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf6.myportfolio.com/0dd30b9e0c3ae6e39c37889358d83eba/a96b4d429fc18dc886b327de_rw_3840.jpg?h=fa3e20f3ab8aed78d457e52bbdcbce82)
Lighting required hand-fabricated brackets and individual components were sourced for the application. The ballast was the smallest available and determined the overall width of the structure’s base. A 12” fluorescent lamp provides the linear light, and white translucent acrylic acts as a diffuser.