This participatory
work, an integration of public art, landscape and public space built
at Expo 86, was an award winning competition design for the entry processional
and pavilion of transportation and communication. The four lane concrete
highway rises out of the sea, undulates along the land and breaks off,
ending in mid air between two major city highway viaducts and culminating
with an automobile soaring to the sky. Its cantilevered undulations
contain clear spans of up to 112 feet long and 39 feet high. The entire
surface of the highway is covered with 200 air, land and sea vehicles,
which include jogging shoes, skate boards, bicycles, motorcycles, boats,
cars, trucks, planes, helicopter, submarine, space capsule and lunar
rover, among others. Haunted and surreal when empty, the highway is
transformed and animated by people.
Location: 1986 World Exposition, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Materials: concrete, steel, 200 vehicles (air, land + sea), paint
Dimensions: highway: 60 ft. H x 712 ft. W x 40 ft. D vehicles:
life size
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