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Sky
Within
Sound
Transit Link Light Rail
McClellan Station - Seattle, Washington
Scheduled completion 2009
The
location for the artwork at the station is in the end bays under the
elevated guide way. The concept is to use a combination of a painted
surface with a series of chandeliers to create a contemporary grand
corridor. The artwork is an environment or atmosphere. It
bridges the gap between the architecture and the street. The installation
will provide amenities to the site by creating light, mood, and order.
It is a roof, a tent, a sky. The piece referenced the formality
of historical promenades, rooms, or gallerias but is comprised of modern
abstracted elements. The painted surface will be up-lit with programmable
led to create weather/color in the sky. The LED lights are housed
in the upturned cobra head surround.
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Shady Liberty Footbridge
Pedestrian walkway between Shadyside
and East Liberty
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Proposed completion 2008
The footbridge is a path between
East Liberty and Shadyside. This alternative street mixes streetscape
and bridge elements The experience of walking across the bridge
will be one of civilized surprise; dramatic and formal, yet playful
and functional.
The elements include: |
- An undulating pathway
transforms a concrete painted surface from street striping to
an abstract expressionistic painting on the ground plane.
- Landscape and lighting
flank the central scalloped path. The landscaped area is outboard
of the safety fence.
- The safety fence curves
around the landscape areas. The chain link fence creates a border
with salvaged vintage handrail. The vintage handrail adds a
layer of textural past to the modern, spare bridge structure.
The safety fence is taller and will be more sculptural because
of the scalloped diagram.
- The fence will be dressed
or treated to enhance its visual presence. The fence will be
sequined with glass paillettes. The flat glass orbs will have
a welded ring to the chainlink attached to the outside of the
structure.
- Landscape will be mannered:
in pots, on trellis's, in beds formal, simple and somewhat theatrical.
The landscape bed can be maintained easily. Native plants will
be used if possible.
- The lighting is comprised of simple streetlights
that are repeated. The lights are pedestrian scale at the Ellsworth
Ave side. As the lights move toward Eastside shopping area they
increase in height to 30'.I would like to work with the simple
fixture to produce a reflected color.
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