Continuing the decades-long thread of James Gamble Rogers II and RLF design in Winter Park, Rhythmic Colors offers a modern reflection of the timeless elements of the city.
Description
Answering the call for entries for the I-4 Ultimate Art Endowment Program in Central Florida, RLF designers drew upon the iconic architecture and distinct colors of Winter Park, Florida, to create a modern art installment that honors the city’s rich history and landscape while acknowledging its present diversity and looking forward to its vibrant future.
The I-4Ultimate project set aside $1.5 million to fund permanent art installations a long the path of the I-4 Ultimate project, making art a unique feature of the 21-mile corridor. For RLF’s designers, public art’s contribution to fostering and enhancing community was a potent motivator for submitting a design.
RLF’s designers were particularly interested in continuing the legacy of RLF’s founder, James Gamble Rogers II, by influencing the shape and form of the city. Rogers opened the architecture and design firm in Winter Park in 1928 and went on to design some of the city’s most recognizable buildings.
For the designers, it was important to make a respectful nod at the past, weaving it deftly into the city’s diverse present with an installation that will be a long-lasting icon. They drew their inspiration from their surroundings, but instead of directly adopting the city’s traditional features—rich brick streets and facades, peacocks, and old Florida buildings and landscapes—they opted to photograph those elements, arrange them side by side, and extract a cross section of their dominant colors onto a series of steel pipes that were shaped and configured to suggest both movement and progression.
Answering the call for entries for the I-4 Ultimate Art Endowment Program in Central Florida, RLF designers drew upon the iconic architecture and distinct colors of Winter Park, Florida, to create a modern art installment that honors the city’s rich history and landscape while acknowledging its present diversity and looking forward to its vibrant future.
The I-4Ultimate project set aside $1.5 million to fund permanent art installations a long the path of the I-4 Ultimate project, making art a unique feature of the 21-mile corridor. For RLF’s designers, public art’s contribution to fostering and enhancing community was a potent motivator for submitting a design.
RLF’s designers were particularly interested in continuing the legacy of RLF’s founder, James Gamble Rogers II, by influencing the shape and form of the city. Rogers opened the architecture and design firm in Winter Park in 1928 and went on to design some of the city’s most recognizable buildings.
For the designers, it was important to make a respectful nod at the past, weaving it deftly into the city’s diverse present with an installation that will be a long-lasting icon. They drew their inspiration from their surroundings, but instead of directly adopting the city’s traditional features—rich brick streets and facades, peacocks, and old Florida buildings and landscapes—they opted to photograph those elements, arrange them side by side, and extract a cross section of their dominant colors onto a series of steel pipes that were shaped and configured to suggest both movement and progression.
“Rhythmic Colors” consists of 68 18-foot powder-coated steel pipes anchored in concrete foundations. Creating dynamic patterns in concert with light and shadow, the installation offers drivers and pedestrians an impressionistic panorama of the city in motion. Viewed from above, the installation resembles a strand of Winter Park DNA, a marker of its past and a signpost of its future.
Description
Answering the call for entries for the I-4 Ultimate Art Endowment Program in Central Florida, RLF designers drew upon the iconic architecture and distinct colors of Winter Park, Florida, to create a modern art installment that honors the city’s rich history and landscape while acknowledging its present diversity and looking forward to its vibrant future.
The I-4Ultimate project set aside $1.5 million to fund permanent art installations a long the path of the I-4 Ultimate project, making art a unique feature of the 21-mile corridor. For RLF’s designers, public art’s contribution to fostering and enhancing community was a potent motivator for submitting a design.
RLF’s designers were particularly interested in continuing the legacy of RLF’s founder, James Gamble Rogers II, by influencing the shape and form of the city. Rogers opened the architecture and design firm in Winter Park in 1928 and went on to design some of the city’s most recognizable buildings.
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