Vivarium Subterraneum

Artists

Barb McKee , Carolyn Braaksma

Year

2003

Location

Spring Creek Trail Underpass at Taft Hill Rd.

Description

This design reveals what you would see if you could see through the large concrete retaining walls. The images created are of roots and fossils, in large scale, creating a visual, tactile environment with an educational theme. The railings mimic the organic imagery with large bronze stems and flowers appearing to grow from the wall. The names of the creatures and plants are sandblasted into the wall at the entrance to the tunnel.

Photos

West side of underpass on Spring Creek Trail under Taft Hill Road.

East side of underpass on Spring Creek Trail under Taft Hill Road.

Detail of relief wall

Installation of formliner to create the concrete mold.

Detail of relief wall and railing.

Placing the forms on the concrete mold.