Nuit Blanche is a free, city-wide celebration of contemporary art work which took place from October 5th to 6th of 2013 produced by the City of Toronto. Forever Bicycle was designed by the famous Chinese Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei, an art work featuring an assembly of 3,000 bicycles stacked on top of each other, installed at Toronto City Hall’s Nathan Phillips Square.

Stephenson Engineering completed an analysis of the structure that was formed as result of the 33,000 stacked bicycles against potential imposed loads such as wind and temperature. We also designed an adequate ballast system and additional stabilizing frame structures to support the art work against wind loads. All structural works were designed in coordination with the Architect to ensure that the design will conform to the art work plan and intention.