Client: Albuquerque Arts Commission
Location: Albuquerque, NM, United States
Completion date: 2007
Artwork budget: $640,000
Project Team
Artist
Jim Hirschfield
Jim Hirschfield and sonya Ishii, LLC
Artist
Sonya Ishii
Jim Hirschfield and Sonya Ishii, LLC
Overview
When driving through the Petroglyph monument drivers become aware of a new reality. The design of the road reveals that one is traveling through an out of the ordinary place. We did this through a variety of enhancements that included color tiles, landscaping, etched stainless steel animal images, accordion walls, light boxes, and a pedestrian land bridge. Our intent was for this new chapter in the monument’s history to be a chapter that while different, does not deny its past.
Goals
To prove an artwork experience that was both interesting and respectful of its site in the Petroglyph National Monument
Process
A Design Team Effort between two landscape architecture firms, two structural engineering firms, Albuquerque's DOT, and the artists.