MCity Windscreens
City of Mississauga - Burnhamthorpe Rd W and Confederation Pkwy
Client: Urban Capital
Artist: Ed Pien
Engineers: Blackwell Engineering
Photography: Torifoto
These windscreens were designed by artist Ed Pien and installed at MCity in Mississauga to provide some shelter to pedestrians from the high winds that blow unimpeded down this stretch of Burnhamthorpe Rd. W
Sixpenny provided mechanical design, fabrication and installation for these four windscreens.
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1/2” laser cut aluminum with 5/8” frames and baseplates.
Powdercoated finish
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Sixpenny’s involvement in the project began with design consultation to ensure the construction of the windscreens were adequately designed for the high winds experienced at the site. We worked with Blackwell Engineers to size the frames and anchors appropriately.
We used artwork files provided by the artist to create the cad files correctly formatted for laser cutting
The 1/2” artwork panels and 5/8” frame pieces were cut with a 12kw fiber laser
Machining, welding and finishing were performed by Sixpenny before the finished assemblies were sent out for powdercoating
Installation was completed in the fall of 2023