Norris Street Benches, from Making Connections
© 2016
Location: proposal
laser-cut steel and polycarbonate with LED lights
This was the part of the design for improving the underpass connecting two disparate neighborhoods in North Philadelphia. I collaborated with a team of architects, lighting designers, and other disciplines drafted by the Community Design Collaborative.
*** For those of you with low vision:
This is a photo-real rendering of a shiny stainless steel bench sitting on a beat-up concrete sidewalk against a concrete wall beside a large underpass reaching high in the background. Every surface of the bench, including each wall that skirts the seat, is typeset with lines of text from, or about, legendary community leaders, like Cecil B. Moore. The text is cut out of the steel, at a size small enough to make it like a lattice that's comfortable to sit on, and give it transparency, a lightness that defies its weight.
