Science Walk

Title: Science Walk
LC Subject: Ceramic materials Tiles Mosaics Trails ceramic tile granite (rock) cast stone mosaics (visual works)
Creator: Wylie, Scott William, 1946-
Description: Science Walk, which consists of inlaid stone and tile, begins at the fountain, "Cascade Charley," and proceeds throughout the Science Complex. Scott W. Wylie (born 1946) is a Springfield, Oregon, designer who specializes in functional art and landscape works. For more information on this work and other Scott Wylie Designs, please see the artist's website. wylieaerie@att.net The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/
Location: Lokey Science Complex >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: Cascade Hall, 1260 Franklin Blvd., Eugene Oregon
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: percent_m000
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Wylie, Scott William, 1946-
Type: Image
Format: application/xml
Material: Mosaics from original artwork, in affected region, are carefully extracted and their clay pieces are harvested, cleaned, and re-used. New clay pavers are cut to suit for new mosaics. Patterns are laid out dry prior to installation. Tiles custom-made. Clay mosaic pieces are inlaid into castouts, per design by artist, using sanded mortar bed and sanded mortar grout (Wylie, 1999). Ceramic art concrete, blocks, granite, water, tile (inlaid into cement)
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1989 University of Oregon Science Complex 1989_uo_sci-complex
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: This project included the construction of a complex of four major science buildings: the construction of a new Museum of Natural History and two smaller architecture studio buildings to replace dislocated facilities, and a remodel of a former science building for Architecture and Allied Arts, which lost about 15,000 net square feet of programmatic space to construction of the new science buildings. The project was completed between 1989-1991. <br><br>An interactive campus map of the University of Oregon may be viewed at: http://map.uoregon.edu/ Cascade Hall, plaza formed by Cascade, Volcanology, and Pacific
Biographical Information: This project is an alteration of part of an existing large artwork, "Science Walk," by artist named here. "Science Walk" lends strong/identity to the Science Complex's principal east-west pedestrian avenue, and as such, brings much interest to the environment at the walk/reflective scale. The roof repair project reinforces a major north-south campus-wide movement pattern and a strongly-defined bicycle path now intersects the "Science Walk." The artist's intersection design introduces a visual order to this intersection that feels like the original intents, both of the "Walk" and of the bike path...senses of "gateway" and "welcome mat" come to mind. Also, seamless joining of the new work to the adjacent, undisturbed old work, and reinstatement of the essence of the old idea in the work west of the intersection were key artist intents in this project (Wylie, 1999).