"SuperNatural" British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

The winning entry of a public art competition for the design of three traffic-circles to slow traffic in a residential district. At each intersection a 25-ton rock was installed to appear as if it had just been dropped in the middle of the road amongst a field of yellow traffic reflectors. The imposing presence and the physicality of the rock become the traffic-calming device.  
The project recognizes the Canadian identification with super nature, but does not cede that identification to an easy domesticity.

LOCATION
Vancouver, Canada

CLIENT
City of Vancouver

STATUS
Completed 1997

SCOPE
Public Art

PHOTO CREDITS
1-4 Howard Ursuliak