Image provided by Adriano Ma, Macau
Image provided by Adriano Ma, Macau
Placemaking
THG
THG Galaxy Crystal Lobby
year
2021
capabilities
Design & Engineering
Technical Direction
Fabrication
Machinery Automation
Integration
Service & Support
The Galaxy Casino Resort in Macau, China, is renowned for its world-class facilities and features a breathtaking lobby– all with the help of THG Design and TAIT. The jewel in its crown? A stunning 380,000-piece crystal Lotus Flower kinetic sculpture we manufactured and delivered during the early stages of 2020’s global pandemic. Read more about how the lotus flower sculpture came together below.
We provided show designers THG with 3D pre-vis and bespoke engineering to create the mechatronic marvel, which now animates the lobby’s glittering centerpiece, which weighs in at just under 3 tonnes. The scope of the collaboration with THG Design included 70 axes of motion for the lotus flower sculpture, consisting of 56 TAIT BT2 winches, chandelier rotation axes, and the custom-built infinite rotating central lotus assembly.
Our mechanical and controls teams in London have the depth of engineering expertise required for machinery animating multi-tonne loads safely above a public space, making them the perfect candidates for helping bring together this spectacle in the Galaxy Crystal Lobby. Working to a hard opening deadline of the following lunar New Year, the bespoke machinery was manufactured and factory-tested at our facility in Haverhill, then delivered and deployed during the initial phases of the unfolding global pandemic, with remote collaboration between our local team of electrical and mechanical installers and their integration counterparts working nocturnally in the UK.