About:
My name is Antonio Arthay, a structural engineer born in Alicante (Spain) and living in South Florida for the past two decades.
I discovered my passion for structural sculptures after a serious head injury suffered during a sailing trip that landed me in the hospital and caused me to reconsider my life’s purpose and professional calling.
After spending over 30 years as a structural engineer, designing all sorts of structures, I wanted to explore other aspects of the profession and merge my engineering skills with my personal interest in art and sculpture.
My inspiration is taken from both sculptors, such as Alexander Calder and Constantin Brancusi, and architects such as Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela. My aim is the unconstricted expression of structure as an Art form, with the simple objective of providing nourishment for the soul and pleasure to the viewer, and without the limitations that the formal design professions require of their productions.
My formal education in engineering consists of a degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University (with honors) and a Masters degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I spent over three decades working for the leading international engineering design firms such as CH2M Hill, BergerABAM and Moffat&Nichol. After that, with my experience and contacts, I opened up my own consulting firm, InterConsult Engineers, LLC. in West Palm Beach, Florida, where I am involved in the design of all sorts of structures.
My objective is to use InterConsult to provide the design and construction documentation and permitting experience to enable the realization of full-scale fabricated sculptural projects of any size, as required by the Client’s desires and budget. Any of the sculpture examples noted in this website is simply a small size model and all are completely scalable to the ultimate size and configuration that will make the installation a one-of-a-kind project which will stand out as a clear testament to the synthesis of art with engineering, and the elegant merge of form and function.
