Renaissance Turbine
1993 Aluminum/Glass/Copper /Metal Halide Light 14' Diameter x 26' Length Partially funded by The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles and Grand Phoenix Corporation, a division of Sumitomo Construction America, Inc.. Implemented and coordinated by Rob Wellington Quigley, architect, 434 West Cedar, San Diego, CA 92101, 619-232-0888 and Mickey Gustin, Arts Advisor, Community Redevelopment Agency of The City of Los Angeles, 354 S. Spring Street Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90013, 213-977-1600. Renaissance Turbine is a site specific piece designed for Renaissance Tower, a mixed use development on the corner of Olympic and Hope in downtown Los Angeles. It is suspended in an exterior four story vaulted arcade and acts as a power source or "engine" that activates the space and building in which it is housed. The internal lighting element reflects off the polished copper cone of the hemisphere and creates a ring of light in the arcade and is visible for many blocks. |
