Featured Project: Citygarden
Location: Downtown St. Louis, MO
City Garden is an urban sculpture park located in downtown St. Louis full of free interactive art, fountains and gardens spanning two blocks. Hydro Dramatics worked closely with Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects on the large interactive splash pad, the granite disk, reflecting pool, and the 6’ tall water fall with natural stone. All of these fountains faced challenges that Hydro Dramatics was equipped to handle. Materializing this vision of City Garden required the creation of three signature water fountains that creatively blend sight, sound and touch to appeal to all ages. To this end, Hydro Dramatics sought the best ways to use water to provide two contrasting types of ambiance: a cooling, active, splashing ‘playground’ on the one hand and a serene, reflective oasis in the midst of a busy city on the other. Using sophisticated computerization and the newest technology, fountain designers were able to create multi-faceted water features that balance active fun and passive relaxation in the midst of a beautiful sculptural garden. Warren Byrd commented that “Hydro Dramatics proved to be an outstanding and essential collaborator in helping us and the Gateway Foundation realize our vision for the water elements in this dynamic sculpture park. To put it in the most direct terms, Hydro Dramatics was always up to the challenge of making a design idea come to life.”
Project Components:
- Large interactive splash pad with LED color changing lighting
- Granite disk
- Reflecting pool
- Natural stone waterfall
- Acrylic Globes for winter interest
Hydro Dramatics Services Provided
- Mechanical Drawings
- Electrical Drawings
- Equipment Supplier
- Construction Supervision
- O&M Manuals
- Start-up & Training
- Scheduled Maintenance
Paved, winding paths lead visitors past 24 sculptures resting on wide lawns, six rain gardens, a children’s spray plaza and a 180-foot-long pool with a six-foot waterfall.
The design of Citygarden drew inspiration from the cultural, historical and environmental histories of St. Louis.
Limestone walking stones in the Split Basin invite visitors to step towards the waterfall.
An industrial sculpture painted red adds visual interest to the water feature.
Gitygarden limestone wall with 6′ waterfall behind contemporary curved sculptures steel designed by Bernar Venet.
Eros Bendato Sculpture on a Scrim of Water atop a tilted disc.
“La Riviere” with its legs bent in a pose that suggests running, is the personification of water sits by reflecting pool.
“Voyage,“ by Jean-Michel Folon Sculpture and Wading Pool near the interactive spray plaza.
The park is an oasis of free interactive art, fountains and gardens spanning two blocks in downtown St. Louis.
Interactive splash pad attracts kids to play in the garden.
102 nozzles arranged in a grid controlled by an on-site computer
LED lighted balls add interest to the area during the winter months.
Hydro Dramatics
4981 Fyler Ave., St. Louis, MO 63139
Phone: 314-231-9806
info@hydrodramatics.com
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