Location: Atlanta, GA

Website: portmanarchitects.com

Design Collaboration: John Portman

Product Material: SculptureStone^®

About the Project: The Koan adorns the campus of Georgia Tech, in the heart of Atlanta. A masterpiece of design, engineering, ingenuity and collaboration. Five years in the making. Brought to life by MTI.

World-famous architect John Portman invited MTI President and Chief Design Officer Russell Adams to his office. Mr. Portman had used MTI SculptureStone^® products in a number of his projects, and he loved the material. He also recognized the nimbleness, ingenuity and character of MTI. What began as a concept to create a small sculpture evolved to an entirely different design -- 40 feet tall.

MTI project-managed the entire venture, coordinating the designs of Mr. Portman's architectural firm with Georgia Tech aerospace analysts and engineers, harnessing the supercomputer power of Georgia Tech, discovered a manufacturer of million-dollar power boats who worked with carbon fiber, and then developed a way of finishing the entire exterior of the structure with its SculptureStone^® material.