'flume'

This is a sculptural landmark with landscaping that would be located in the parklet meadow located on the north side of the playground adjacent 74^th & Cedar. 

The idea is pretty simple.  A pair of large weathering steel plates rolled into semi-circular ‘brackets’ form a flume-like ark.  Flowing through the middle of the piece would be a ‘stream’ of flowering plants & grasses with a decidedly blue theme framed with smaller boulders & berms, giving the whole piece the sense of a boat-like structure flowing down a river.

Incised in upper 3^rd of each pipe-like bracket are depictions of flora & fauna native to the area & Garry Oak habitat.  Like our recently-completed Vancouver BC project, ‘earthgrove’ this lifeform latticework can be read against the sky as a map with a corresponding deciphering website such as www.earthgrove.net  

Thinking overall scale is ½” thick cor-ten @ roughly 10-12’ long x 6-7’ high.  Alternate location might be quarry.  Need to develop a low/no maintenance plant list of  native flowering perennials, grasses and low shrubs.  Drought-tolerant and bee-friendly are bonuses.