Client: City of Santa Monica
Location: Santa Monica, USA
Completion date: 2013
Artwork budget: $500,000
Project Team
Artist
Inigo Manglano-Ovalle
Landscape Architect
James Corner Field Operations
James Corner Field Operations
Client
City of Santa Monica
City of Santa Monica
Other
W.E. O'Neil Construction Co. of CA
W.E. O'Neil Construction Co. of CA
Other
Malina Moore, Cultural Affairs Supervisor-Public Art
Overview
Tongva Park is a 6.2-acre site bounded by Main Street, the future Olympic Drive, Ocean Avenue and the I-10 Freeway. Inspired by the Southern California arroyo landscape of washes and ravines that once defined the site, James Corner Field Operations created a series of braided pathways appearing to organically emerge from the footsteps of City Hall, extend west to Ocean Avenue, and weave the park into the fabric of the City.
Goals
The park represented an opportunity to create a significant work of public art in a prominent location-- one that contributes to the overall Civic Center area as a destination and as a major cultural focus for Santa Monica. Therefore the City felt that it was imperative that an accomplished artist be commissioned to be an integral part of the project team from the very beginning of the design process.
Process
Internationally renown artist Inigo Manglano-Ovalle was an integral part of the project team and worked closely with James Corner Field Operations to create Weather Field, No. 1, a site-specific sculpture composed of 49 telescoping stainless steel poles aligned in a grid.
Additional Information
PROJECT TEAM: Owner: City of Santa Monica; Design Lead / Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Contractor: W.E. O’Neil Construction Co. of CA; Architecture: Frederick Fisher & Partners; Artist: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle; Structural & MEP Engineering: Buro Happold; Civil Engineering: Fuscoe Engineering; Lighting: HLB; Water Feature Design: Fluidity Design Consultants; Geotechnical: Converse Consultants; Urban Soils: Wallace Labs; Horticulture: Greenlee & Associates/ Perry & Associates; Irrigation: d.d. Pagano, Inc.