Rector Gate

R.M. FischerRector Gate
Written By Alexander Paschka

Battery Park City, New York
Fifty Foot Stainless Steel and Bronze Sculpture, 1988
Design/Engineer, Engineer, Value Engineer, Consult, Fabrication, Installation

Jaroff Studio was the lead custom architectural metal fabricator on R.M. Fischer’s massive public work that helped inaugurate the residences at Battery Park City. To achieve the artist’s futuristic ode to New York City skyscrapers, we crafted a mix of decorative metal types, details, finishing and joining techniques, and unusual textures that underscore the fantastical, sci-fi inspired shapes. The carefully engineered arch supports a skeletal “Flash Gordon” bell-tower and suspended lighting fixture, one of the many integrated lighting components that illuminate the structure at night.

Alexander Paschka
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