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Inversion Sky - El Paso City Hall Entryway
Inversion Sky - El Paso City Hall Entryway
El Paso, TX, United States
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Inversion Sky - El Paso City Hall Entryway
El Paso, TX, United States
Through an innovative use of public art funds, this commission for the renovation of the 1973 El Paso, Texas City Hall addresses a current problem of aging civic structures. The existing building, an example of concrete brutalism on the cheap, presents clear challenges – lack of attention to human scale, office park aesthetic in a sea of parking, and exposure to seasonal 100mph winds. Equally important is the cultural context of this border town geographically, historically, and emotionally tied to Ciudad Juarez, now dubbed the world murder capital.
Like the desert mirage, Inversion Sky inserts a moment of atmosphere between landscape and form, creating a physical and perceptual buffer of volumetric lightness in the approach to City Hall. A cloud of layered perforated blue anodized aluminum creates a soft, porous entry volume which is then carved by an orchestrated set of views out to its surroundings.
By relocating program into the new square footage of the porous volume, the once claustrophobic cellular spaces of the existing building are opened conceptually and physically to its urban context. The plaza level is reconfigured as a civic axis, connecting views of two very different urban conditions – the classic American skyline of historic downtown El Paso to the East and informal developments covering the hills of Juarez to the West.
Primary Artist in collaboration with Carl Daniels Architects
2010, El Paso, TX
Commissioned by: City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (Patricia Dalbin)
Project Team: Chris Pilikyan, Andrew Heumann, Mimi Ho, John Peck
Like the desert mirage, Inversion Sky inserts a moment of atmosphere between landscape and form, creating a physical and perceptual buffer of volumetric lightness in the approach to City Hall. A cloud of layered perforated blue anodized aluminum creates a soft, porous entry volume which is then carved by an orchestrated set of views out to its surroundings.
By relocating program into the new square footage of the porous volume, the once claustrophobic cellular spaces of the existing building are opened conceptually and physically to its urban context. The plaza level is reconfigured as a civic axis, connecting views of two very different urban conditions – the classic American skyline of historic downtown El Paso to the East and informal developments covering the hills of Juarez to the West.
Primary Artist in collaboration with Carl Daniels Architects
2010, El Paso, TX
Commissioned by: City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (Patricia Dalbin)
Project Team: Chris Pilikyan, Andrew Heumann, Mimi Ho, John Peck
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