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Washington National TIF #4—Sherman Plaza Self-Park—City of Evanston03-22-12—Copyright 2011—Krivanek+Breaux/ Art+Design, LLC—Chicago/ Lafayette—[email protected]—773-398-7814

— D E S I G N D E V E L O P M E N T —

THEMES+OBJECTIVES—01Washington National TIF #4—Sherman Plaza Self-Park—City of Evanston

03-22-12—Copyright 2011—Krivanek+Breaux/ Art+Design, LLC—Chicago/ Lafayette—[email protected]—773-398-7814

Not-to-Scale

We exist within diverse social, political, economic, technological and cultural systems that range in scale from inti-mate to global. Downtown Evanston is a crossroads of commercial, educa-tional and cultural activities that can be expressed in a site-specific artwork.

The social and functional zone defined by the elevators and lobbies of the Sherman Plaza Self-Park offers the dramatic potential to create a large-scale metaphoric sitework that can be inhabited and experienced by many users and viewers passing by.

We have a long track record of devel-oping and completing fully-integrated artworks within buildings and urban in-frastructure, completing public site-works on-time and on-budget.

We work with experienced fabricators, utilizing architectural materials and proven, low tech systems. At the same time, we are accustomed to consulting with stakeholders to further develop the form and content of our public art-works. It is a collaborative process.

• Humans exist within a range of intimate-to-global social/technical/economic systems

• The private internalized domain of thought is a process of searching and focusing

• Human ideation and creation produce outcomes, consequences and impacts on society

• Activate viewers in their relationship to the artwork—to inhabit and experience it

• Maximize the dramatic potential of this high-rise structure within the downtown

• Integrate the artwork into the architectural+functional language of the building

• Allow for open-ended interpretations over repeated viewings

U R B A N+ A R T I S T I C O B J E C T I V E S :

T H E M E S+ S Y M B O L I S M S :

SOUTH PERSPECTIVE—02Washington National TIF #4—Sherman Plaza Self-Park—City of Evanston


Not-to-Scale

The 12-storey vertical zone defined by the elevators and lobbies at the South-west corner of the Sherman Plaza Self-Park can be divided into two verti-cal symbolic domains on the South and West Façades.

The observation areas can be thought of as a more public, externalized domain o f la rge-sca le soc ia l systems—politics, economics, culture, technology, urbanism, communica-tions and media—and the individual potential for accomplishment and rec-ognition we find within these mediated systems.

When a user enters an upper eleva-tor lobby, a motion-detector will trig-ger the spot l ight ing of symbol ic Pattern-Icons on the curtain wall, to in i t ia te the beginning of another cycle. Viewers witness the dynamic inhabitation of the entire high-rise.

Lower façade at the southwest cornerof the parking structure at dusk

I N I T I A T E

E N V I S I O N

F O R M U L A T E

I M P A C T S

S E A R C H

E F F E C T

Pattern-Icons

WEST PERSPECTIVE—03Washington National TIF #4—Sherman Plaza Self-Park—City of Evanston


Not-to-Scale

This large-scale public sitework en-compasses the entire high-rise struc-ture. Looking upward at the façade from ground level, a viewer becomes more aware of the movement of eleva-tors up-and-down, as spotlight beams are focused downward to suggest searching.

The large translucent space that the el-evator cabs move up-and-down within can be thought of as a more private, in-ternalized domain of thought, where a user initiates entry into a metaphoric process of Search: initiating, envision-ing, formulating, and articulating ideas; and Effect: the unforeseen outcomes, consequences and impacts upon indi-viduals and society.

Lower façade at the southwest cornerof the parking structure at dusk

I N I T I A T E

E N V I S I O N

F O R M U L A T E

I M P A C T S

S E A R C H

E F F E C T

Text-Icons

Façade Inscriptions

Silhouette+ShadowInscriptions

PERSPECTIVES—DETAILS—04Washington National TIF #4—Sherman Plaza Self-Park—City of Evanston


Not-to-Scale

In addition to the large-scale visual effect of the artwork from outside, there are other possibilities for close-up engagement. The view outward from inside the elevator cabs will be mediated by patterns of Text-Icons, to enhance the experience of looking out-ward over the city.

Entering or exiting the elevators on the upper floors, building users will trigger motion-activation of spotlights in the observation area, highlighting large-scale Pattern-Icons upon the sur-faces of panels that face outward. Viewers can become further engaged by casting shadows of their bodies upon these surfaces, to assert a human presence.

At ground level, passersby on the side-walk encounter Silhouette+Shadow Inscriptions that are revealed by the spotlights of descending elevator cabs, encountering words that suggest the unforeseen outcomes, consequences and impacts of ideation and creation upon individuals and broader society.

Lower façade at the Southwest cornerof the parking structure at dusk

Observation area lookingtoward the South

Looking outward frominside an elevator cab

Pattern-Icons

Text-Icons

Façåde Inscriptions——Silhouette+Shadow Inscriptions

ELEVATIONS—OVERALL—05Washington National TIF #4—Sherman Plaza Self-Park—City of Evanston


Scale: 1/4” = 1’ - 0”

Pattern-Icons (Panels) (visible daytime+nighttime—inside+outside)

Façade Inscriptions (visible daytime+nighttime—outside)

Text-Icons (Panels) (visible daytime+nighttime—inside)

Silhouette+Shadow Inscriptions (visible nighttime—outside)

— W E S T — — S O U T H —

— W E S T —

Spotlight ASpotlight ASpotlight A

Pattern-Icons (Panels) (visible daytime+nighttime—inside+outside)

Materials:Translucent acrylic panels attached to curtain wall mullions—with subsurface inscrip-tions and icons—in 3 sections approximately 30”W x 110”H each

Materials:Opaque white inscriptions imprintedon transparent acrylic panels attached to mullions from inside. Shadowscast onto the ground by spotlights mounted on elevator cabs

Materials:Inscriptions CNC-cut frombrushed, anodized aluminum plate, attached to mullionsfrom outside

Façade Inscriptions (visible daytime+nighttime—outside)

Text-Icons (Panels) (visible daytime+nighttime—inside)

Silhouette+Shadow Inscriptions (visible nighttime—outside)

Equipment:Low power spotlight—ETC Source Four PAR EAmounted on top of the cabto project downward

Spotlight B

Equipment:Low power spotlights—ETC Source Four PAR EAwith motion sensors—to project onto outer curtain wall panel

PersonBody casts shadowprojected onto outerglass curtain wall

Wireless

Electrical Power

Materials:Tempered glass panel attached to elevator cab window frame with subsurface icons—approximately 80”-90”W x 54”H

Movement into elevator cabs will

trigger motion detector to prompt spotlight-projection

Ground Floor

Elevator Cabs

Ground FloorUpper Floors

Observation Area

When a user enters any elevator lobby, their motion is detected, which triggers Spotlight B to project light upon the Pattern-Icons (Panels).

To make this result apparent immedi-ately to the viewer, we are proposing another location for Spotlight B, mounted alongside a concrete beam overhead, out of reach—directed toward the Pattern-Icons now located on the South façade.

There are a number of possibilities to tap into electrical power in the immedi-ate vicinity. We will work with City staff to detail electrical access.

PLAN—TYPICAL FLOOR—06Washington National TIF #4—Sherman Plaza Self-Park—City of Evanston


Not-to-Scale

ELEVATIONS—GROUND FLOOR—07Washington National TIF #4—Sherman Plaza Self-Park—City of Evanston


Scale: 1/4” = 1’ - 0”

Façade Inscriptions

Silhouette+Shadow InscriptionsBack-lit by Spotlights

Inscriptions CNC-cut from brushed, anodized aluminumplate, attached to window mullions from outside

Opaque white inscriptions imprinted on transparent acrylite panels attached to mullions from inside. Shadows cast onto the ground by spotlights mounted on elevator cabs

— W E S T —

Considering the translucent white frit pattern on the glass at the Ground Floor, we tested its effect on the trans-mission of light. We now envision a more complex effect.

There are two categories of inscrip-tions we propose at the Ground Floor. Façade Inscriptions will be installed on the exterior of the window mullions—visible at all times.

At nighttime—as the spotlights de-scend along with the elevator cabs, Silhouette+Shadow Inscriptions in-stalled on the interior of the window mullions will be revealed in silhouette on the glass façade.

To a lesser extent, they will also be cast as shadows upon the sidewalk within a prismatic light pattern, due to the linear frit patterns on the glass.

INSCRIPTIONS+ICONOGRAPHY—08Washington National TIF #4—Sherman Plaza Self-Park—City of Evanston


Not-to-Scale

These taxonomies of inscriptions, icons, symbols and patterns are pre-liminary concepts for an iconography that would be deploying in this public art program. The icons and inscrip-tions are intended to be suggestive and open to juxtaposition and interpre-tation, definitely not specific declara-tions. We intend to further develop the iconography through consulation with stakeholders and the City of Evanston in a collaborative process.

Symbols and language components that are utilzed to envision and express ideas

A taxonomy of formulations that are the potential outcomes of work and ideation

The outcomes and consequences ofideations upon individuals and society

Patterns that suggest existing social, economic, technical systems that we work within

Icons that suggest the potential outcomes that individuals can create within systems

E N V I S I O N

F O R M U L A T E

I M P A C T S

EXISTINGSYSTEMS

INDIVIDUALPOTENTIAL

I N S C R I P T I O N S + I C O N S D E V E L O P E D T H R O U G H O U T R E A C H

Silhouette+Shadow Inscriptions

Façåde Inscriptions

Text-Icons (Panels) Pattern-Icons (Panels)

BUDGET+TIMELINE—09Washington National TIF #4—Sherman Plaza Self-Park—City of Evanston


Not-to-Scale

This preliminary project budget allo-cates the available funds to fully de-velop and implement the proposed public art program.

The timeline outlines a fast-track proj-ect development and implementation schedule—six weeks for design devel-opment and ten weeks for off-site fabri-cation and on-site installation.

We will consult with designated City of Evanston staff and stakeholders to create specific project content and de-velop, detail, spec, and coordinate the fabrication and installation of the public art program on-site. The sched-ule will expand to accomodate any nec-essary staff or public reviews that will be required.

Construction+Installation:

Fabrication+Installation: Panels—Text-Icons (Elevator Cabs) Fabrication+Installation: Panels—Pattern-Icons (Observation Areas--Floors 2-12)Fabrication+Installation: Façade Inscriptions (Ground Floor--Exterior)Fabrication+Installation: Silhouette+Shadow Inscriptions (Ground Floor--Interior) Category Subtotal:

Equipment+Installation:

Theatrical Spotlights+Motion Detectors (Observation Areas--Floors 2-12) Theatrical Spotlights+Timers (Elevator Cabs)Installation of Spotlights and Electrical Access Category Subtotal:

Personnel+Support Services:

Artist Fee (Design+Content Development) Project Liability Insurance Project Administration+Outreach Programming Category Subtotal:

Miscellaneous Costs:

Travel Expenses (3 trips) Photo+Video Documentation Project Contingency (5%) Category Subtotal: Project Total:

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Consultwith City ofEvanston

Cosultwith City ofEvanston

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$75,000

PUBLIC ARTWORKS—00Washington National TIF #4—Sherman Plaza Self-Park—City of Evanston


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----Human-Puzzle----2012 (completion)Research & Academic Center---University of Florida/ Lake NonaUniversity of Florida/ Public Art Program

----Vortex Plaza----2002 911 Communication Dispatch Center LAPD----Los AngelesLos Angeles Cultural Affairs Department/ Public Art Program

----Reflections>Expressions----2009 Chicago Station/ CTA Brown Line----Chicago, Illinois CTA Arts-in-Transit Program Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs/ Public Art Program

----Social Studies----2003 Social Sciences/ Mediated Classroom Building----ASU/ TempeArizona State University/ Public Art Program/ Tempe

----Strands of History----1999 California State University Administration Building----Long BeachThe State of California

----Being & Becoming----2011Starin Residence Hall----University of Wisconsin/ WhitewaterThe Wisconsin Arts Board

----Preparation>Response>Action----2007Playa Vista Fire Station 67----Los AngelesLos Angeles Cultural Affairs Department/ Public Art Program

----Voice of the Homeless----1995 The Union Rescue Mission—Los AngelesThe National Endowment for the Arts/ Design ArtsLos Angeles Cultural Affairs Department/ Public Art Program

----Sense of Government----1996 California Tower----Riverside, CaliforniaThe Riverside Arts Foundation

----Urban Talismans----1993 Children of the Night----Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department/ Public Art Program

----Constellation of Cultures----2003/ 2012 Ocotillo Library—Phoenix, Arizona The Phoenix Office of Arts & Culture

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