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Conceived by Brooklyn-based artist Matthew Geller, Chroma Booster is a 55' tall "cloud generator" designed for a public plaza in El Paso, Texas. The structure consists of a series of interconnected pillars constructed from industrial piping, and houses a dozen stainless steel collars. These collars feature high pressure misting nodules and LED lighting, activated by visitors at a control panel. In addition to these collars, a series of downspouts showers onto the plaza below. Chroma Booster is located directly between the El Paso Convention Center and the newly-constructed Southwest University Park (home to the AAA El Paso Chihuahas), making it a visually fascinating feature in a highly-trafficked area.
Metalab carried the project from the design development stage through construction, providing design optimization, construction management, fabrication coordination, and assembly.
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April 17, 2015 by metalab
Water and power service have been connected to Chroma Booster by Matthew Geller in El Paso at the new baseball stadium. About 60' tall, the "cloud generator" emits mist and water with programmable LEDs in the new plaza.
November 19, 2014 by metalab
November 19, 2014 by metalab
We have wrapped up the last stages of assembly of the "Cloud Tower" aka Chroma Booster with the addition of high-pressure mist plumbing and LED lighting in the collars that wrap around the pipe columns. The work in Houston concluded with the tower placed in one piece on a truck and shipped to El Paso. The installation is underway at the ballpark and final hookup to utilities will follow in a few weeks.
June 20, 2014 by metalab
We are working with Matthew Geller, the artist who we teamed with on Open Channel Flow, for a new project in El Paso near the new ballpark. The tower of pipes will emit a misting fog with integrated lighting to create atmospheric effects in the public plaza designed by SWA/Los Angeles. Fabrication will begin soon and installation will occur before the end of 2014.
