FOREST ILLUMINATION

Burien, WA 2009

The design captures the forest that once stood on this urban site. The glass panels read as dappled light filtering through the forest foliage, recalling the clarity and mystery of the intense shafts of sunlight and shadows falling in the forest.The sculpture, which acts as a beacon for the center. The inspiration came from the history of Burien’s Three Tree Point, a tower built around a single, tall fir tree that once offered prospective land buyers a platform view of the surrounding forested landscape. This artwork serves as a memory of those trees.

Burien Transit Center, Burien, WA

Commissioned by City of Burien, WA, King Co. Metro, 4Culture. Partnered with Via Suzuki Architects

Materials: Galvanized steel, fritted glass pattern panels
Dimensions:Sculpture 20’ H. x 4’ 6”dia.  Canopy – 24’H. x 220’ running length’x1” depth, Screens 9.5’x9’x3’ x 6 screens/side