First Light: Close Collaboration Helps Team Deliver a ‘Total Work of Art’

In an article from Engineering News-Record, Jonathan Keller spotlights our First Light project as a 2025 Best of the Best Winner, featuring insights from MG2 Principal Jooyeol Oh alongside James Cheng and Mitch Zutter.

“The pool, located 440 ft above ground, required the installation of a temporary structure—made up of castellated steel beams that were attached on one end to the building’s concrete core—to support formwork for its concrete body. ‘[They] were cantilevered by about 40 feet beyond the footprint of the tower,’ says Jooyeol Oh, principal at MG2, the project’s executive architect. The beams were also connected to the front edge of the floor slab below, reinforced by three concrete floor slabs connected with temporary steel posts. The total length of these beams could run up to 85 ft long. Nearly two years of close collaboration were required to deliver the pool.”