Client: City of Bellingham
Location: Bellingham, WA, United States
Completion date: 2019
Artwork budget: $115,000
Project Team
Artist
Noah Ives
Building Wellness Lab
City Representative
Shannon Taysi
Bellingham, WA
Overview
The Rain Flower is a sculpture in service of Bellingham’s natural environment. Its unfolding petals amplify the patterns and textures of the site, inviting visitors to engage more closely with the landscape. Vertical layers mark changing water levels in the basin, embedding the project in seasonal cycles. It is a study of form at the intersection of engineering and biological structure, a bridge between the natural and the manmade.
Goals
The Rain Flower is a sculpture in service of Bellingham’s natural environment. Its unfolding petals amplify the patterns and textures of the site, inviting visitors to engage more closely with the landscape. Vertical layers mark changing water levels in the basin, embedding the project in seasonal cycles. It is a study of form at the intersection of engineering and biological structure, a bridge between the natural and the manmade.