Client: Arts Council of Lake Oswego
Location: Lake Oswego, OR, United States
Completion date: 2021
Project Team
Computer Modeling & Working Drawings
Curtis Pittman
Curtis Pittman Design
Engineering
Bob Grummel
Grummel Engineering
Lighting
Ella Mills
Biella Lighting Design
Metal Fabrication
Brian Lambiaso
The Lynch Company
Glass Fabrication
Hanns Haefker
Haefker Studio
Glass Fabrication
Rich Lamothe
Glass Strategies
Photographer
Mario Gallucci
Photographer
Ed Carpenter
Project Administrator
Arleen Daugherty
Ed Carpenter Studio
Overview
This sculpture was commissioned after a competitive process to be a gateway icon in a pocket park bordering the intersection of two main approaches at the northern edge of Lake Oswego, Oregon. It is designed to address pedestrian as well as vehicular traffic along sight lines from both the north and south. Lake Oswego’s citizens see their city as beautiful, friendly, peaceful, clean, and green, among other qualities, and the city is known for its verdant trees and flowers. Therefore, an abstractly botanical theme was developed for the sculpture, with associated positive metaphors. Locals frequently refer to Lake Oswego as “L.O.”, hence the highlighting of the second and third letters in the title, “Flourish”. Landscape improvements are expected in Spring of 2022.
Installation: 9/2021
Dimensions: 25’ x 15’ x 15’
Materials: Stainless steel, laminated glass, concrete, up-lights
Goals
The goal was to design a gateway icon in a pocket park bordering the intersection of two main approaches at the northern edge of Lake Oswego, Oregon. It is designed to address pedestrian as well as vehicular traffic along sight lines from both the north and south.