Yeah the mayor posted on Twitter that the steel work is completed so "topped out"...
Yeah the mayor posted on Twitter that the steel work is completed so "topped out"...
Is the skywalk to the Omni back in the plans? Would have sworn that it had been nixed.A skywalk will connect the building to the future Omni hotel, which is being developed to complement and support the convention center.
Sent out in the MAPS 3 newsletter in case you're not subscribed:
The Oklahoma City Council has commissioned internationally renowned Susan Narduli Studio for interior public art in the MAPS 3 Convention Center.
Narduli’s “Virtual Sky” will grace the glass atriums facing Scissortail Park across the street. The work evokes Oklahoma’s beautiful skies and the state’s links to aviation history.
Slender, sleek anodized titanium forms will be suspended by aircraft cables in each of the two multi-story atriums facing west across Robinson Avenue. The gleaming forms will capture the natural light pouring in across the downtown skyline.
Titanium is important to aviation because of its strength and lightweight, and its use is a nod to Oklahoma’s place among aviation pioneers since Wiley Post’s round-the-world solo flight in 1933.
Small LED lights will also add color to the piece. The lights can be programmed for specific patterns, and can also change based on real-time data inputs to reflect the changing sky.
“It’s technology-driven. You’ll see a dynamic, transparent, colorful piece that accentuates the building’s architectural features and the natural environment,” said Oklahoma City Arts and Cultural Affairs Liaison Robbie Kienzle. “We think it’s going to be a beautiful match for the building that our visitors will enjoy and our residents will be proud of.”
The California-based Narduli Studios has earned commissions for public and private art across its home state and in Utah and the Netherlands.
The convention center’s total construction budget is the largest-ever for a single project in Oklahoma City, which in turn provides one of the biggest public art budgets in City history. The City’s 1% for Art ordinance requires at least 1 percent of the construction budget for every public project be spent on public art.
The commission for “Virtual Sky” is for up to $1.3 million. Hundreds of thousands of dollars remain in the public art budget for future projects on the convention center grounds. Those will be planned as the Arts Commission and City staff evaluate how people use and enjoy the building in the months and years after it opens.
That's gonna be some nice public art.
Will be very pretty when viewed from the park.
so much wasted space on that roof.
I wish the city would have installed solar panels; maybe they can do it later. ...
Oklahoma City, the RENAISSANCE CITY!
For some reason I had thought solar panels were part of the plan? Maybe I imagined that.
If you’re gonna throw some energy on the roof throw some nat gas turbines.
This comes off as willful ignorance on the topic. I understand that you are involved the PNG industry, but you have to know the optics and practicality of your suggestion are awful. Just because PNG is a significant portion of the state GDP does not mean that we have to be willfully ignorant about advances in technology. Frankly, I am disappointed in Oklahoma based companies in the energy sector that have not made significant investment in future energy technologies i.e. renewable resources like solar and wind. The competition is getting stiffer, different regions that were once profitable are not viable given the current market and the next ten years don't look good. Operations that are running lean, clean, and have cash on hand are making a mistake by not diversifying their holdings. Kodak was on top of the world until they weren't.
Have you driven out west of the city recently? What was once a nice clean horizon, we now have wind turbines sticking up everywhere, and at night when going stargazing you now have to deal with those dumb red lights blinking. I think OK has implemented a lot of renewable energy sources, OG+E has installed solar panels at their plant along I-40.
It’s actually too cloudy to be a reliable source of energy here, it’s why OG&E built on farm and then stopped.
This is word for word what Sean traschke the ceo of OGE said.
When you zoom in on the minute by minute data for the solar panels the wattage produced is all over the map. They lose 50% of their output when a cloud covers the sun, and we have clouds everyday. When you are producing energy on a massive scale reliability and predictability are the top 2 priorities. Solar provides neither. You can’t predict when a cloud is going to cover the sun, how long it’s going to be there, and how thick it is, and we have clouds every single day. They can predict the wind quite accurately but they can’t with cloud cover quite as much. The output was so up and down they’ve shifted to wind and nat gas mostly. The solar farm is just....there.
Compare that to New Mexico Arizona and Nevada who have next to zero clouds most months.
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/...ge=solar_where
There’s some data from the government. We have good to just ok solar not great.
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www...%20%281%29.pdf
https://www.kgou.org/post/oklahoma-s...olar-potential
Battery technology is drastically different in 2019 is completely different compared to even 3 years ago, high volume storage is a much more realistic idea for municipalities. Solar panels have seen increases of efficiency year over year that are outpacing the expected gains of the technology. What was true 5-10 years ago is completely different at this point. If the democrats have 2020 run like the 2018 midterm we are going to see green new deal legislation that will drive the price of renewable energy to its floor.
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