Pedestrian Pathway Edge Design “Line of Work” by Jill Anholt
March 10th, 2010 - Posted in Architecture‘Line of Work’ This installation created for the edge of a pedestrian pathway next to the new Vancouver Convention Centre. is composed of a series of stainless steel frames supporting laminated yellow cedar elements that cantilever increasingly in reach and angle outwards from their base. The installation spans over 110′, each element is 20′ tall and varies from 2-8′ in depth.
Pedestrian Pathway Edge Design “Line of Work”
There are 17 elements in total; the 15 in the centre represent 150 years of British Columbia’s provincial history plus one at either end representing BC’s past and future. The wood elements are carved with occupations that follow this rough time line, moving from pre-1850s through to post 2010, reflecting larger scale shifts in the provincial economy: from occupations surrounding natural resource extraction toward processing and manufacturing and finally into service and technology. The piece includes both general and specific occupations, to chart larger cultural shifts and to include meaningful individual examples.
Pedestrian Pathway Edge Design “Line of Work”
The concept for Line of Work is inspired by the “ripple effect” or more specifically the notion that single elements working together can become more than the sum of their parts. The sculpture is composed of a changing series of individual elements that together create a giant wave-form that reaches out towards the sea.
Pedestrian Pathway Edge Design “Line of Work”
Pedestrian Pathway Edge Design “Line of Work”
Pedestrian Pathway Edge Design “Line of Work”
The elements grow in both size and reach along the edge of a pedestrian pathway connecting the Vancouver Convention Centre to the Seawall and forming an increasingly protective enclosure, a concept that carries throughout the project from the overall sculptural form, to materiality and construction.
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