SCIENCE GARDEN -2002 – an interactive learning environment for investigating natural phenomena at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown, CT. In the Science Garden courtyard, a Sundial and illuminated Star Sphere provide instruments for studying the sun’s movement and the night sky. A Boomerang bench and tiled tables and cubes offer seating and chess game boards. Commissioned through the Art in Public Spaces Program of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and the Department of Public Works. Fabricated of stainless steel and concrete 23′ W X 23′.
a sundial and illuminated star sphere provide instruments for studying the sun’s movement and the night sky. A boomerang bench and tiled tables and cubes offer seating and chess game boards.
heliocentric sundial based on archetypes created in Varanasi, Jaipur, Delhi, & Ujjain India By Maharaja Jai Singh
Detail of starsphere: celestial pattern for the 1 second of the Millenium at Middletown Connecticut school. Over 300 stars are mapped with 3 degrees of magnitude. Inspired by the celestial observatories created in Jaipur by Maharaja Jai Singh 1700’s
big dipper (ursa major) star map model for celestial sphere
observation tower clover field santa monica
observatory runway and boomerang bench
boomerang bench
extra terrestrial runway viewer
spiral staircase to observatory
sunshower pavillion (concept) sound waves are refracted to the listener’s ear and falling water creates an ambient soundscape
helio sundial (concept)
dna helix (concept)
test star sphere