I-205/Portland Mall Light Rail Project
Public Art on the I-205 MAX Line
TriMet is continuing its commitment to public art with the I-205 Light Rail Project, and has allocated $495,000 for the I-205 Light Rail Project public art program from 1.5 percent of eligible project funds.
The Public Art Advisory Committee selected seven artists to create a wayfinding sculpture at each station along the 6.5-mile extension between Gateway and Clackamas Town Center. In addition, each station will feature windscreen art glass designed by Kim Hamblin and uniquely colored, glass-tiled shelter columns.
A report on the cultural history of the neighborhoods along the alignment was commissioned by the committee to assist the artists as they developed concepts for the artwork.
Public art final designs
"Ginkgo Column" by artist
Anne Storrs was inspired
in part by Ginkgo trees
planned for the station
landscaping.
SE Main St Station, Anne Storrs
Abstracted, ginkgo leaves of cast stone are stacked and interlocked to form a columnar sculpture on the platform. Individual leaf sculptures will be placed near the station entrance.
SE Division St Station, Carolyn Law
A sky-blue sculptural fence will undulate along the west side of the station platform area.
SE Powell Blvd Station, Valerie Otani
Combining references to the Han Dynasty "Money Tree" and Douglas fir, this sculptural tree features designs based on the cut-paper traditions of several cultures.
SE Holgate Blvd Station, Suzanne Lee
Five ornate lanterns are the central elements of this multicultural sculpture. Sited above the station platform, the illuminated sculpture will appear like a beacon at night.
Brian Borrello's spiraling
sculpture at the Lents Town
Center/SE Foster Rd Station
incorporates renewable
energy for movement and
illumination.
Lents Town Center/SE Foster Rd Station, Brian Borrello
Art merges with sustainable technology at this station. The thistle-like tops of three spiraling sculptures are animated by the wind and illuminated by the sun via photovoltaic cells.
SE Flavel St Station, Brian Borrello
The tributaries of the Johnson Creek watershed are portrayed in five colored-concrete paving inserts set in the plaza area.
SE Fuller Rd Station, Pete Beeman
A tall kinetic sculpture at the north end of the station has a crank at its base that patrons can turn to wave its wing-like structures.
Richard C. Elliott's installation, "Twisted Ribbon," and cut-metal guardrail panels enhance the Clackamas Town Center Transit Center parking garage (detail).
Clackamas Town Center Station and Transit Center, Richard C. Elliott
An installation of multi-colored reflectors brightens the glass elevator tower at the parking garage while pioneer quilt patterns are featured in the guardrails. Brickwork on the station platform is based on a Lower Columbian Native American basket weave pattern.
Questions? Comments? Email i205@trimet.org or call 503-962-2150.
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