Project Data:

Completion Date:     3/1/2022

Square Footage:      0

Building Use:           Community Park-Seating Area

Project Description:

The Creative Sourcing and Procurement team created a custom experiential sculpture, “Sky Garden,” at the Orange County Great Park (OCGP). OCGP is part of the re-development of the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, with 1,300 acres dedicated to public spaces that honor the region's history while embracing recreation, sports, parkland, and environment. Multiple new residential neighborhoods each have a unique character, and each is anchored by a central green space that connects to the greater community through a network of trails and open spaces. These parks are places that encourage community and wellness within the OCGP neighborhood parks.
An extension of The Profound Sanctuary gardens with the OCGP, the Sky Garden is designed to create a sense of balance for the mind and body by incorporating empty (yin) and occupied (yang) space. Paired with formed polished concrete benches, the ombre colored steel louvers reach for the sky. This is a place for quiet contemplation and reflecting on the sky above. The vertical enclosure and the angle of the seating is meant to direct your focus beyond yourself and your immediate surroundings, upward. The color palette was chosen as complementary to the existing park environment.

Firm Name:              RDC-S111

Completion Date:     3/1/2022

Square Footage:      0

Building Use:           Community Park-Seating Area

Location:                 Irvine, CA

Project Description:
This is a place for quiet contemplation and reflecting on the sky above. The vertical enclosure and the angle of the seating is meant to direct your focus beyond yourself and your immediate surroundings, upward.

Design Architect:
RDC

Associate Architect or Firm:
N/A

Landscape Architect:
N/A

Owner / Developer:
FivePoint

Engineer:
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General Contractor:
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Consultant:
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Photographer:
RDC Corey Seip