Neototems Childrens Garden
The maze
garden is a small corner plaza and transitional space for pedestrians
passing from the Science Pavilion and the Children’s Theater
at the Seattle Center-a mixed-use park. The design of the whale garden
is derived from a Salish Indian legend of whales swimming beneath the
site, connecting the city’s two major waterways.
The centerpiece
of the garden is a baby whale tail water feature, part of the
artist’s sculptural pod of whales installed at the
International Fountain area in 1995. Low native plantings, pruned to
children’s height for safety, are shaped and colored to
resemble tidal pools. The garden is a field for the imagination where
children can explore and take risks.
Sea
creatures situated in tidal pools
Octopus: Approx.
5’
Flying pig:
24” x 8”
Hermit crab:
24”
Sea horse:
3’ x 10”
Blow fish: 28" x 24"
Location:
Seattle Center, Seattle, WA.
In
collaboration with:
Nakano Associates
Materials:
Bronze whale
tail: 5’x8’, 5 bronze sea creatures:
largest-5’, concrete: 28’, plantings: 30’.
Commissioned
by:
Seattle Arts
Commission
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