


Client: Centro City Works
Location: Charlotte, NC, United States
Completion date: 2023
Project Team
Artist, Project Lead, Fabrication
Ivan Toth Depeña
Depeña Studio
Project Management
Teela Depeña
Depeña Studio
Overview
My studio was commissioned to develop various sculptural interventions that integrated with the site’s architectural design while visually tying together a public park and a private development. The form was developed by capturing field audio recordings of traffic fused with bird songs sampled from the actual site. We subsequently used 3d software to translate the recorded sound waves into the contoured forms used for the installation. The resulting installations were several elegantly undulating follies that transfer from vertical to horizontal planes and give form what would otherwise be flat surfaces. The installations integrate with the immediate built environment to provide interactive, functional sculptural moments that give life and a sense of place to the adjacent projects.
The Square at Wilmore Park, Charlotte, NC
CNC routed metal panels and powder coated metal structural elements
Facade: 60′ x 10′ x 18″
Park Canopy: 50′ x 25′ x 18′
Goals
Integrate with site architecture, tying together public park and development.
Process
The form was developed by capturing field audio recordings of traffic fused with bird songs sampled from the actual site. We subsequently used 3d software to translate the recorded sound waves into the contoured forms used for the installation. The resulting installations were several elegantly undulating follies that transfer from vertical to horizontal planes and give form what would otherwise be flat surfaces.