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SPA Board approved the new project in September 2004
Public Art Focus Group: May 16, 2005
Public Presentation of Prelimiary Concepts: November 16, 2005
SPA Board approval Preliminary Concepts: January 10, 2006
SPA Board Update May 8, 2008
Installation ongoing through November 2009
The public art will be integral to the look and feel of the road improvements project along Indian School Road between Pima Road and Drinkwater Boulevard. The design keeps to the City’s commitment to enhancing pedestrian and bicycle amenities and creating a transition experience for motorists entering downtown. Artist team Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt were selected to design improvements for the project based upon their urban interventions that create the extraordinary out of the ordinary. The artist team was greatly impressed with the cooperative nature of the neighborhoods as observed at the community focus group on May 16, 2005. The artists learned that many neighbors knew one another and visited each other’s homes. In addition to contributing to the overall landscape design, Mr. Behar and Ms. Marquardt created a series of park-like open home vignette at intermittent seating nodes to reflect this neighborly quality. Each node has a patterned floor and a garden bench, some nodes have multiples when space allowed. There are six nodes to encounter while walking Indian School between Pima and Drinkwater.
The small flower stitch designs in the terrazzo floors are reminiscent of the patterns in cowboy boots.
The painted aluminum garden benches bloom with whimsical flowers.
For more details of the seating node proposal please click on link:
http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/AssetFactory.aspx?vid=32361
Under Construction Photos:
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Artist Rosario Marquardt Laying Out Terrazzo Pattern for Floor |
Bench Fabrication |
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Terrazzo Installation: Red Floor |
Terrazzo Installation: Red Floor |
Jana Weldon
janaw@sccarts.org
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