





Client: City of Commerce City
Location: Commerce City, CO, United States
Completion date: 2020
Artwork budget: $175,000
Project Team
Artist
Mark Horst
Mark Horst Studio
Project Coordinator
Kendall Peterson
ThereSquared Art Consultants
Overview
The Tower Road Sculpture Project serves as a gateway to Commerce City and the neighborhoods north of the Denver Airport. The installations, three in total, sit adjacent to a large nature preserve which served as an inspiration for the sculpture. Using the structure of natural forms, the project composes the imagery through repetition and juxtaposition to create visually curious experiences. As we drive past the forms they seem to move and interact.
Goals
The goal of the project was to generate visual interest in a newly activated roadway just north of the Denver Airport.
Process
The process was genuinely collaborative and involved input from the fabricator, the City Council and a number of other interested parties. The results are stronger because of these multiple layers of imagining.