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Art for the building reflects the mission of the Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Department of Transportation, and the character of the Pioneer Square neighborhood. The artists were encouraged to use recycled materials and/or green construction practices whenever possible. Artwork for the building was produced through the Artist-Made KSC Building Parts Project and Design Team Artists Registry, components of the King County Public Art Program. The art included the following specific projects, as well as the outdoor plaza:
Building Facade Metalwork and Entry Gates:
The art zone for this installation encompasses the entire NW corner of the building. The art elements, designed and fabricated by Seattle artists Jean Whitesavage and Nick Lyle, begin at street level with curved entry gates flanked by side gates with sculptural panels. The imagery used in the forged steel Rain Forest Gates is taken from the plants and animals found in Pacific Northwest rain forests. Forged brackets link the theme to the super mullion structure of the building curtain wall and up to a decorative steel band of deer fern. The open steel frame at the building cornice is inset with forged alder leaves. A portion of the steel used in the gates was directly recycled by the artists from scrap and used in the tree trunks and branches of the gates. A portion of the steel used in the decorative elements of the gates is re-melted steel (the industrial way to recycle steel).
Artists: Jean Whitesavage and Nick Lyle
Lighting Fixtures and Glass Art, Main Lobby:
Maya Radoczy rendered basic natural elements--wind, water and earth in luminous cast glass. The three artwork components are sited sequentially beginning with a lighted chandelier in the entry vestibule that draws its imagery from twisted, bowed and blown shapes. Moving into the building’s long ground level lobby, six cast glass panels are incorporated into an overhead metal track. The backlit panels are sculptural abstractions of rushing water. The final element, earth, is found on the wall terminating the lobby near the main elevator banks.
The imagery for the wall-mounted artwork is taken from crystalline formations. The glass is specially formulated for casting and therefore, has no recycled content. The scrap and off-fall from the artist’s casting process is recycled and reused in the form of cullet. The metal used in the light pendant is recycled aluminum.
Artist: Maya Radoczy
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