boulder bike racks

Located adjacent the entry to Oak Tree Park’s quarry and trailside within South Park, boulder bike racks offer a functional artwork allowing trail riders to secure their bikes while they explore each park on foot.  Designed as a split boulder connected by a coil of steel pipe for bike lock attachment, the piece whimsically elicits associations with things like old phones or Slinkies. 

Envision these as functional trail markers, bookends for the Water Flume Line Trail, with one located at the entry to Oak Tree Park and the other somewhere around the  intersection of 56^th & South Tacoma Way.  These would act both as wayfinders and an invitation to riders to pause along the way and explore Oak Tree Park on one end and the South Park area on the other. 

Again, the concept & material palette is pretty simple & rustic.  Two split boulders connected by a ‘coil’ of rolled steel pipe.  Engraved fossils & text could be incised in each boulder to provide some more metaphoric layering to the park/trail puzzle.  Overall scale of each element would be roughly 3’ high by 12-16’ long.