Stand and Build
a design + build studio
Tomás Saraceno: Particular Matter(s) at The Shed NYC
Completed: February 2022
Location: The Shed, New York, NY
Project Type: custom museum pedestals, exhibition platforms, projector housing fabrication, gallery bench seating, integrated LED lighting, transit packing & logistics
For artist Tomás Saraceno’s solo exhibition Particular Matter(s) at The Shed in New York City, Stand and Build fabricated an extensive suite of custom gallery display furniture, exhibition platforms, and media enclosures. Spanning multiple levels of the arts center, the presentation brought together large-scale sensory environments and intricate web sculptures exploring human and non-human relationships with earth and cosmic ecosystems.
Constructed in our Long Island City studio, the fabrication scope encompassed 14 custom pedestals and platforms, 13 precision-machined projector housings, and 28 gallery benches. To eliminate ambient reflections and blend into the darkened exhibition spaces, each display plinth was tightly upholstered in heavy-weight matte black fabric. Beneath the raised vitrine platforms, our team engineered concealed perimeter channels fitted with low-profile LED strips, casting a floating perimeter halo along the gallery floor.
Given the high-capacity, multi-story footprint of The Shed's galleries, all platforms and bench seating were engineered in our Queens shop for institutional load-bearing stability, integrated wire management, and rapid assembly. Stand and Build pre-assembled the units in our shop, packed them securely for transit, and coordinated local delivery directly to Hudson Yards for handover to the museum's exhibition installation team.