heliotrope

public art

The rotation of a plant following the sun across the sky is the phenomenon of heliotropism. This work studies the structural and formal consequences of this movement upon a simple array of vertical elements, a transformation into the plant-like geometry of a ruled surface hyperboloid.

credits

Dwaine Carver, project design and management, in association with Trout Architects

Funded by Capital City Development Corporation and the City of Boise