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We collaborate with Artists, Architects, Designers & Developers to bring uncommon creativity to the public realm & expert resources to creativity.
We Curate, Design & Construct.
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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 Public programming methodology review Strategic partnerships
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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May 2019 / Outcome Update 4 WOODS BAGOT UAP 80 COLLINS STREET FACADE
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Photo courtesy of Auckland City Council - Ronnie Van Hout with UAP STUDIO — Boy Walking uapcompany.com RONNIE VAN HOUT UAP BOY WALKING
Ronnie Van Hout with UAP STUDIO — Boy Walking uapcompany.com IMCRC VISION ROBOTICS KATRINAIMCRC VISION TYLER ROBOTICS UAP NEWPORTOUTCOMEOUTCOME WATERSIDE UPDATE UPDATE PARK CASE STUDIES – MANUFACTURING CASE STUDIES – MANUFACTURING & INSTALLATION
AR | DigitalScanning, documentation VR technology & Hololensand robotic mould productionAR | Digital documentation & HololensSculpting ‘patterns’AR entirely | Digital in VIRTUAL set-out & SPACE Hololens provides used forenormous on- usedhas for assemblyallowed UAP on toworkshop RE-SHORE floor manufacturing. used for paint set-out creative flexibility, shortersite set-out delivery program and reduces waste.
Katrina Tyler (artist) – Newport Waterside Ronnie van Hout (artist) – Walking Boy Nike Savvas (artist) –The Exchange Emily Floyd (artist) – Poll 80 Collins St Façade Katrina Tyler’s artworks for Newport Waterside, Melbourne, are ‘Walking Boy’, Ronnie van Hout’s latest large-scale sculpture includes Artist Nike Savvas designs complex artworks that play with colour and complex‘Poll’ forms is anassembled artwork fromedition 5 typesby Melbourne of repetitive based elements. artist EmilySafety Floyd.a redThe and artwork, white whichstriped UAP paint would finish usually to a complex Oculus T-shirt Medium form. is aAn VR sculptingform. This and artwork pattern-making for the Exchange program inUAP’s Sydney 3D andconsists pattern-making of 400 strands teams are utilizing requirementsmanufacture including in our finger Shanghai / limb workshop and for head cost entrapment reasons, was meant ‘on-shored’opportunity to to Australia explore duethe use to costthe Hololens benefits to accelerateto transform the ‘marking-the way we workof coloured in the design plates. studio The andlocation on the of workshop each strand floor. is Sculpting offset randomly in Virtual space breaks assemblyassociated had to be with completed scanning accurately and robotic to meet technology. strict criteria. UAP usedUtilising Ditto Labsout’ toprocess scan the reduced artists a model, 4 day taskthen to digitized 1 ½ days. the barriers between desktopwithin design a more and traditionalformal grid. pattern-making. UAP used digital It is modellingfaster and andmore Hololens flexible, reduces costs Digital documentationand up-scaled the and artwork Hololens to allowto guide robotic assembly cutting and of thewelding artwork on directly into resin sand – removing the need for associated with material wastagetechnology and, to reducewe believe, the time will takenoffer futureon site opportunityfor the complex should set-out, plug-ins on for real-time the workshoptraditional floor, pattern-making. guaranteed accuracy Approximately and reduced 50 labourhours hours.of robotic operation allowed 800 man-hours to be on-shored estimation or real-time engineeringstepped ceilingsbe developed. and around For the a 80myriad Collins of Streetservices. project Total in timeMelbourne, on site, UAP is utilizing for the production of 5 x ‘Poll’ artworks. Oculus Medium to sculpt façadewas reduced panels fromentirely an inestimated virtual space. 8 days to 3 ½ days.
Collaborators: Collaborators: Collaborators: Collaborators: Collaborators: KATRINA RONNIE NIKE TDM TYLER EMILY VAN HOUT SAVVAS FLOYD FOLOGRAM
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May 2019 / Outcome Update 5 May 2019 / Outcome Update 4 IMCRC VISION ROBOTICS OUTCOMEIMCRCIMCRC VISION VISIONUPDATE ROBOTICS ROBOTICS UAP NATIONALCASE STUDIES MUSEUM– ENHANCING OFCLIENT QATAR SERVICE ADVENTUREOUTCOMEOUTCOME SHIPUPDATE UPDATEPLAYSCAPE CASECASE STUDIES STUDIES – ENHANCING – MANUFACTURING CLIENT SERVICE AR | Digital documentation & Hololens to enhance client experience AR | Interface with mobile device AR | Scanning,Digital documentation VR technology & and Hololens robotic to mould enhance production client experience AR | SculptingInterface ‘patterns’ with mobile entirely device in VIRTUAL SPACE provides enormous has allowed UAP to RE-SHORE manufacturing. creative flexibility, shorter delivery program and reduces waste.
National Museum of Qatar Emily Floyd (artist) – Owl Edition UAP isEmily currently Floyd fabricating (artist) a complex – Poll large-scale playground to be installed in the Middle East. The project For Emily80 Floyd’sCollins latest St Façadesculpture, our team has created a simple AR interface for a mobile device (phone or National Museum of Qatar Emily Floyd (artist) – Owl Edition is on an‘Poll’ accelerated is an artwork timeframe, edition and by it’sMelbourne complexity based and artist scale Emilyare both Floyd. difficult The toartwork, fully comprehend which UAP fromwould the usually tablet) Oculus that allows Medium the is artist a VR orsculpting the client and to pattern-making view the model program overlaid UAP’s into the3D andreal pattern-makingworld. This helps teams the artistare utilizing drawingUAP ismanufacture currently package fabricating alone. in our AR Shanghai a+ complexHololens workshop large-scale technology for costplayground was reasons, used to wasbeenhance installed ‘on-shored’ the in clients' the to Middle Australia understanding East. due The to costproject of the benefits andFor Emilyourto stafftransform Floyd’s to better latest the waycompare sculpture, we work the our in fabricate theteam design has pattern createdstudio to and athe simple on original the AR workshop 3-D interface model. floor. for Sculptinga mobile devicein Virtual (phone space or breaks projectis on anassociated during accelerated a prototype with timeframe, scanning inspection and and robotic it’s on complexity the technology. workshop and UAP floor.scale used are Dittoboth Labsdifficult to scan to fully the comprehend artists model, from then the digitized tablet) the that barriers allows between the artist desktop or the designclient to and view traditional the model pattern-making. overlaid into Itthe is fasterreal world. and more This flexible,helps the reduces artist costs drawingand package up-scaled alone. the artwork AR + Hololens to allow robotictechnology cutting was of theused artwork to enhance directly the into clients' resin sand understanding – removing ofthe the need forand ourassociated staff to better with materialcompare wastage the fabricate and, wepattern believe, to thewill original offer future 3-D model. opportunity should plug-ins for real-time projecttraditional during a pattern-making.prototype inspection Approximately on the workshop 50 hours floor.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.
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