The Crown Fountain / Krueck + Sexton Architects
皇冠喷泉/ 克鲁埃克+塞克斯顿建筑师事务所
建筑师：Krueck + Sexton Architects（克鲁埃克+塞克斯顿建筑师事务所）
地点：Millennium Park Chicago, Illinois, USA （芝加哥千禧公园，伊利诺斯州，美国）
业主代表：U.S. Equities Development
环保工程：Environmental Systems Design
结构工程：Halvorson + Kaye
水功能顾问：Crystal Fountains
影像艺术：The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
图片：Cesar Russ, William Zbaren, Hedrich Blessing, Courtesy of Krueck + Sexton Architects, Courtesy of Millennium Park
The Crown Fountain in Millennium Park is a gift to the people of Chicago by the Crown family. Located at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Monroe Street, this interactive piece is a poetic meditation on the elemental and sensual qualities of water and light. The world renowned Spanish artist Jaume Plensa was commissioned to create the work.
The piece consists of two 50-foot high translucent towers constructed of glass brick that glow with internal light on all sides. Large LED video screens are positioned behind the opposing faces of the two towers. Water flows over the tower faces and onto a plaza in a thin film. The faces of Chicagoans of all ages and backgrounds appear on the LED screens, the goal being to create a project “inspired by and created for the people, that will open up the souls of the city’s inhabitants by serving as an archive of its people”.
Krueck + Sexton Architects was selected to undertake the overall execution of the project. This included working through the complex technical requirements that the project demanded and the careful coordination of specialty consultants assembled from across the country.
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