


Client: John Muir Health Foundation in conjunction with The City of Walnut Creek
Location: Walnut Creek, CA, United States
Completion date: 2010
Artwork budget: $739,000
Project Team
Public Art Agent
City of Walnut Creek
Artist
Gordon Huether

Overview
Huether took inspiration for this installation from John Muir’s love for the mountains and rivers in the area. The glass and steel Mountain Range consists of two layers of glass and one layer of corten steel. Mountain Range is roughly the length of a football field and frames the entrance of the hospital. River of Light is inset into the pavement and glows an iridescent blue that sparkles in the sunlight. The river starts at the fountain, cuts through the mountain range and works its way to the main entrance of the hospital.
Goals
The artwork, inspired by nature supports the mission of John Muir Medical center by creating a sense of health and well-being.
Process
There was collaboration between the artist and the developer, Architect, Landscape Architects, Structural and Civil Engineer, City of Walnut Creek staff. The coordination consisted of planning and design collaboration, for regulatory planning and documentation, as well as structural, positioning, placement and installation of sculpture, which consist of steel and glass mountain ranges, and the embedded glass features in the paving.