Cudahy Gardens, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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When approached by Santiago Calatrava, Dan's immediate design response was to find a suitable landscape counterpoint to the striking proposed architecture. "Contrapuntal" was soon the key word for the project and the landscape soon took on a structured armature likeness that's low and integrated into the earth to give a clear and uninterrupted views of the building while tied together by an extensive 500 feet long water wall. The armature creates 5 equally sized parterres divided by hedges and paths while bookended by two vertical fountains of 35 feet in height and expansive plazas for each.
To envision Dan's proposal, I created a 3-dimensional computer model in order to accurately depict the mass of the architecture and more importantly the scale of the space. With hand-graphics overlaying the digital computer lines, a soft landscape feel was made possible while the water wall was shown to bisect the garden and hedges and lightly obscuring the views of the base of the building. Owner: Milwaukee Art Museum Architect(s): Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers Year: 1999 Role: Landscape Designer while at Office of Dan Kiley External Link(s): Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) - Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers Cudahy Gardens - Milwaukee Art Museum Project Location |
