Thinking outside the box to wrap it in rings of steel

Chen notes that developing the mesh skin for the Kukje Gallery required essentially starting from scratch. Once a fabricator was found to custom-make and weld the 1.5-inch-diameter rings, the key was figuring out how to ensure that the mesh would always fit precisely and snugly Over the building's complex shape. Additionally, the mesh was tested numerous times and installed in 15 swaths, Solid Objectives Idenburg Liu wanted to soften the concrete building, seen here before the addition of the chain mail mesh.