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uapcompany.com UAP WE ARE EXPLORERS WE ARE CREATIVES WE ARE MAKERS We collaborate with Artists, Architects, Designers & Developers to bring uncommon creativity to the public realm & expert resources to creativity. We Curate, Design & Construct. Image: UAP Brisbane Workshop uapcompany.com ABOUT UAP UAP WHAT WE DO CURATE DESIGN BUILD Public Art Masterplans and Dedicated artist and Project management Strategies architect support Technical Documentation Artwork theming Development of design Fabrication concepts Artist procurement and Installation management Fabrication and installation methodology review Public programming Strategic partnerships Image: Daniel Tobin with UAP & Bureau^proberts – Al Fanar (Beacon), Saudi Arabia uapcompany.com uapcompany.com ABOUT UAP UAP OUR LOCATIONS + GLOBAL PROJECTS 5000+ 2600+ 300+ Projects delivered globally Creatives we have Projects UAP are delivering collaborated with right now New York Chengdu Shanghai Dubai Shenzhen Singapore Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Our team work across the globe, with three key Studios and Workshops in New York, Brisbane and Shanghai, with four worldwide satellite offices in Detroit, Shenzhen, Singapore and Melbourne. uapcompany.com UAP GLOBAL CAPACITY UAP UAP Brisbane Workshop UAP Shanghai Workshop UAP Polich Tallix Foundry 30 DESIGNERS 50 DESIGNERS 10 DESIGNERS 20 TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION TEAM 5 PROJECT MANAGERS 5 PROJECT MANAGERS 10 PROJECT MANAGERS 500 FABRICATORS 100 FABRICATORS 2 ADVANCED MANUFACTURING ROBOTS 10 PROCUREMENT SPECIALISTS 7,500M2 WORKSHOP AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST DEDICATED ART FOUNDRY 10,000M2 WORKSHOP NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST DEDICATED ART FOUNDRY UAP AUSTRALIA UAP CHINA UAP NORTH AMERICA Home to 100 employees and a 5,000m2workshop spread through two The UAP Shanghai workshop is a unique fabrication set-up.Associated with Consisting of 115 employees within a 7,500m2 workshop, this is North buildings, UAP Australia is the country’s largest art foundry. Also our Advanced our design studio that incorporates 55 staff, UAP has exclusive access to a America’s largest art foundry. With over 50 years of rich experience and Manunfacturing base, UAP Brisbane is home to a state-of-the-art robotic fabrication shop with a floorspace of over 10,000m2with 500 craftspeople. long-standing relationships with influential artists, architects and designers ARM which is able to produce prototypes and moulds for casting, as well as Specialising in old-world techniques such as traditional panel beating, the across the United States, Polich Tallix Foundry located in Walden, New York an advanced 3D printer and waterjet cutter. We have delivered projects out majority of UAP’s China projects are fabricated within this workshop, as are have turned concepts, models and digital files into bronze, gold, silver, steel, of Brisbane for 25 years, and have a highly skilled team of pattern makers, up to 75% of our North American projects and 45% of the Middle East, South- aluminum, iron and silver works of art. Combining traditional techniques with painters, foundrypeople, fabricators, finishers and installers as well as a East Asia and Australia projects. world class craftsmanship and benefits of modern technology. It is the only Technical Design team who work alongside the workshop staff utilising VR/AR foundry in the US with a metallurgist on staff. The age-old technique of lost-wax to accelerate the Design Development process. casting is practiced here. uapcompany.com KEHINDE WILEY UAP RUMORS OF WAR, TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK uapcompany.com JUDY WATSON UAP NGARUNGA NANGAMA: CALM WATER DREAM TANK STREAM Judy Watson with UAP STUDIO — Tank Stream uapcompany.com ZAKPAGE UAP SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA WELLAMA: BARANGAROO WELCOME TO COUNTRY uapcompany.com uapcompany.com ZAKPAGE UAP SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA EYES OF THE LAND AND THE SEA uapcompany.com uapcompany.com TRACEY DEEP UAP WATER SPIRIT Tracey Deep with UAP -- Water Spirit uapcompany.com ROBERT ANDREW UAP GARABARA, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Robert Andrew with UAP — Garabara uapcompany.com EMILY FLOYD UAP MANGROVE POEM Emily Floyd with UAP – Mangrove Poem uapcompany.com CATHERINE WOO UAP CASCADE Catherine Woo with UAP STUDIO – Cascade uapcompany.com GEHRY PARTNERS UAP UTS GEHRY STAIRCASE Gehry Partners with UAP — UTS Staircase, Sydney uapcompany.com IMCRC ROBOTIC VISION PROJECT UAP We are developing new ways to use robots & vision systems for design-led manufacturing. A joint collaborating with UAP, the IMCRC, Queensland University of Technology and RMIT University — the Design Robotics project focuses on utilising robotics, vision systems, and user-centred software interfaces to streamline the process between design and custom manufacturing. PARTNERS CONTRIBUTORS uapcompany.com EMILYIMCRCIMCRC VISIONFLOYD VISION ROBOTICS ROBOTICS UAP POLLOUTCOMEOUTCOME UPDATE UPDATE CASECASE STUDIES STUDIES – MANUFACTURING – MANUFACTURING Scanning,Scanning, VR technology VR technology and robotic and robotic mould mould production production SculptingSculpting ‘patterns’ ‘patterns’ entirely entirely in VIRTUAL in VIRTUAL SPACE SPACE providesprovides enormous enormous has allowedhas allowed UAP toUAP RE-SHORE to RE-SHORE manufacturing. manufacturing. creativecreative flexibility, flexibility, shorter shorter delivery delivery program program and reduces and reduces waste. waste. EmilyEmily Floyd Floyd (artist) (artist) – Poll – Poll 80 Collins80 Collins St Façade St Façade ‘Poll’ is an artwork edition by Melbourne based artist Emily Floyd. The artwork, which UAP would usually Oculus Medium is a VR sculpting and pattern-making program UAP’s 3D and pattern-making teams are utilizing ‘Poll’ is an artwork edition by Melbourne based artist Emily Floyd. The artwork, which UAP would usually Oculus Medium is a VR sculpting and pattern-making program UAP’s 3D and pattern-making teams are utilizing manufacture in our Shanghai workshop for cost reasons, was ‘on-shored’ to Australia due to cost benefits to transform the way we work in the design studio and on the workshop floor. Sculpting in Virtual space breaks manufacture in our Shanghai workshop for cost reasons, was ‘on-shored’ to Australia due to cost benefits to transform the way we work in the design studio and on the workshop floor. Sculpting in Virtual space breaks associated with scanning and robotic technology. UAP used Ditto Labs to scan the artists model, then digitized the barriers between desktop design and traditional pattern-making. It is faster and more flexible, reduces costs associated with scanning and robotic technology. UAP used Ditto Labs to scan the artists model, then digitized the barriers between desktop design and traditional pattern-making. It is faster and more flexible, reduces costs and up-scaled the artwork to allow robotic cutting of the artwork directly into resin sand – removing the need for associated with material wastage and, we believe, will offer future opportunity should plug-ins for real-time and up-scaled the artwork to allow robotic cutting of the artwork directly into resin sand – removing the need for associated with material wastage and, we believe, will offer future opportunity should plug-ins for real-time traditional pattern-making. Approximately 50 hours of robotic operation allowed 800 man-hours to be on-shored estimation or real-time engineering be developed. For the 80 Collins Street project in Melbourne, UAP is utilizing traditional pattern-making. Approximately 50 hours of robotic operation allowed 800 man-hours to be on-shored estimation or real-time engineering be developed. For the 80 Collins Street project in Melbourne, UAP is utilizing for the production of 5 x ‘Poll’ artworks. Oculus Medium to sculpt façade panels entirely in virtual space. for the production of 5 x ‘Poll’ artworks. Oculus Medium to sculpt façade panels entirely in virtual space. Collaborators: Collaborators: Collaborators: Collaborators: EMILY EMILY FLOYD FLOYD uapcompany.com May 2019 / Outcome Update 4 May 2019 / Outcome Update 4 IMCRC VISION ROBOTICS 80 COLLINS ST FACADE UAP OUTCOME UPDATE CASE STUDIES – MANUFACTURING Scanning, VR technology and robotic mould production Sculpting ‘patterns’ entirely in VIRTUAL SPACE provides enormous has allowed UAP to RE-SHORE manufacturing. creative flexibility, shorter delivery program and reduces waste. Emily Floyd (artist) – Poll 80 Collins St Façade ‘Poll’ is an artwork edition by Melbourne based artist Emily Floyd. The artwork, which UAP would usually Oculus Medium is a VR sculpting and pattern-making program UAP’s 3D and pattern-making teams are utilizing manufacture in our Shanghai workshop for cost reasons, was ‘on-shored’ to Australia due to cost benefits to transform the way we work in the design studio and on the workshop floor. Sculpting in Virtual space breaks associated with scanning and robotic technology. UAP used Ditto Labs to scan the artists model, then digitized the barriers between desktop design and traditional pattern-making. It is faster and more flexible, reduces costs and up-scaled the artwork to allow robotic cutting of the artwork directly into resin sand – removing the need for associated with material wastage and, we believe, will offer future opportunity should plug-ins for real-time traditional pattern-making. Approximately 50 hours of robotic operation allowed 800 man-hours to be on-shored estimation or real-time engineering be developed. For the 80 Collins Street project in Melbourne, UAP is utilizing for the production of 5 x ‘Poll’ artworks. Oculus Medium to sculpt façade panels entirely in virtual space. Collaborators: