SURGE
200 Twin Dolphin, Redwood City, California.
Opening in Fall 2024
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Surge is an upcoming interior suspended sculpture commissioned by Trammell Crow Company for the entry of a new life sciences building, 200 Twin Dolphin, in Redwood City, California.
The building and sculpture will open in the fall of 2024.
The sculpture is inspired by the marshlands directly east of Twin Dolphin. The form of the sculpture is based on the energy of breaking waves dissipating through marsh sea grasses. Each of the thousands of cast forms that make up the shape of the sculpture is drawn from microscopic views of cord grass (spartina alterniflora). By presenting these translucent cross-sections, we can consider the plants ability to draw oxygen down through its stem to its submerged rhizome foundation below the seabed. The primary conduits that deliver sustenance from above are a series of larger cell passages that radiate in a circular pattern around the perimeter of each stem when seen in cross-section.
SURGE
200 Twin Dolphin, Redwood City, California.
Opening in Fall 2024
Surge is an upcoming interior suspended sculpture commissioned by Trammell Crow Company for the entry of a new life sciences building, 200 Twin Dolphin, in Redwood City, California.
The building and sculpture will open in the fall of 2024.
The sculpture is inspired by the marshlands directly east of Twin Dolphin. The form of the sculpture is based on the energy of breaking waves dissipating through marsh sea grasses. Each of the thousands of cast forms that make up the shape of the sculpture is drawn from microscopic views of cord grass (spartina alterniflora). By presenting these translucent cross-sections, we can consider the plants ability to draw oxygen down through its stem to its submerged rhizome foundation below the seabed. The primary conduits that deliver sustenance from above are a series of larger cell passages that radiate in a circular pattern around the perimeter of each stem when seen in cross-section.