The latest STEAM project Cerebral has been blown over due to the extreme weather this past weekend. The structure, featuring two silhouettes of heads connected by wind chime-like metal pieces, couldn’t withstand the intensity of the wind and ended up in the lake it was once floating on top of.

“The structure falling made us all very upset. We had spent so many hours working on Cerebral, so to see that destroyed was a very sad site,” STEAM Team member Ghazal Tanavade says.

Cerebral was a design intended to showcase the different sides of the brain. The bright and colorful side was intended to demonstrate the creative side of your brain, which works better for creative arts. The alternate side was less colorful and out there; it looks neutral and put together. This side was to show the other side of your brain that works on things such as math and science. This structure excels in demonstrating how although the sides of your brain are different, they work together as part of one system.

“Cerebral meant a lot to the community. I liked it because it was a product of all the hard work and effort we put in it. It showed me that if you’re dedicated enough, you can make beautiful things,” describes Tanavade.

Because Cerebral was a very large structure, it didn’t seem very possible for it to be cleaned. However, thanks to two generous helpers on the RA crew, Cerebral was able to be cleaned up without too much hassle. The STEAM team gave a special thank you on their instagram to Chris and Keith for helping. Without them, removing Cerebral would have proven to be extremely difficult.

Although unfortunate, this event has been a learning experience for the team and will be taken into great consideration for future projects that get set up. “This experience taught us ways we can make our next project, Rise, structurally sound. We know what to acknowledge in order to make it perform well in all weather,” concludes Tanavade. The team also made it known that the new project is still underway and will be put up later this year. Keep up the great work STEAM!

“This experience taught us ways we can make our next project, Rise, structurally sound. We know what to acknowledge in order to make it perform well in all weather,” concludes Ta2navade.