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words on a long strip at the center of the landscaped highway divide
2004
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas, San Juan
Miguel Rodriguez-Casellas, director Arte Publico Puerto Rico
8’x1,000’
shipping containers / shipping container connectors / reflective vinyl / concrete footings
Darien Montañez, project lead / Miguel Szendrey-Ramos, AOR, project manager
concept & vision
we envision a long line of color and text. 50 containers, stacked three high, form a stretched line that extends the length of the site to be experienced by people traveling by car. Words on the long sides of the containers simply suggest, day and night
design & architecture
our container strip is another solid line of artifice between the manmade marks of the highway. We begin to remove containers in the three-level elevation randomly exposing the natural landscape beyond, merging artificial and natural
impact & significance
RESIDUE RECOBRAR LEFTOVER RESCATAR RECARGAR REFUSE RECYCLE RECOVER DETRITO OBSOLETO RENEW SCRAP REUSAR REPENSAR WASTE RECLAIM SOBRANTE RESIDUO DESECHO RESCUE RECHARGE DETRITUS RECICLAR RECUPERAR OBSELETE RENOVAR REUSE CHATARRA RETHINK BASURA
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