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ENVIRONMENTAL
ART
COMMUNICATIONS SCULPTURE
When landfill is finally closed - in 2-5
more years - it will be one of the highest landforms in Atlanta. As such,
it holds some potential as the site for group of communications towers.
With proper planning, the site could serve a large portion of the city,
and relieve some of the pressure to place towers in less appropriate locations.
With permitting in place, communications companies would be able to realize
tremendous savings in soft costs by knowing that they could start construction
without waiting months for permission to erect their towers. The operation
could be a source of revenue applied toward the maintenance of the Riverway.
In order to achieve success as an Art
Park / Communication facility, there are many factors to consider:
* Design the communications
towers as pieces of art, crowning the hillside, setting it off by its form.
* The plan for the
towers would have to be considered as an integral component of the closeout
plan. Many
alternatives
would have to be examined to adequately address structural requirements,
load bearing, guying,
public safety,
etc.
* Engage the services
of a multidisciplinary team to create the form of the towers and to site
them
appropriately:
landscape architects, sculptors, communication & structural engineers.
* Provide night lighting
that accentuates the form of the towers and creates changing patterns against
the sky.
* Encourage people
to visit the site and move amongst forms.
ENVIRONMENTAL ART
As an adjunct to the communications tower
concept, the Master Plan is proposing the installation of a large-scale
piece of site art, using plant material as the medium. The Photosimulation
of a portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. provides an example of how
this flat, clearly artificial landform can be transformed into a dynamic
canvas.
BLUE CIRCLE CONCRETE COMPANY PLANT
From the top of the landfill, the view
to the west is dominated by Blue Circle's sprawling complex. As an extension
of the ArtPark concept, the concrete silos are treated as overscaled colored
pencils, embellishing the simple forms with recognizable - but greatly
magnified - objects.
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