Lynn Hall-

North Side Lighting and Landscape Renovation

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

 

The recent design and installation of the Continuum Sculpture, in front of the School of Veterinary Medicine at Lynn Hall, prompted the need for new lighting and landscape architecture to anchor and highlight this unique and symbolic evolution of man with domesticated animal structure. KPA worked with the Purdue Landscape Architects and the lighting consultant to fulfill the Veterinary School’s directives.

 

Solutions included ‘grounding’ the concrete base of the sculpture with an acid stained concrete pad that introduced color, texture and created a contrast to the surrounding concrete surfaces, thus setting and grounding the sculpture on a plane of it’s own. Plantings were designed to integrate with the existing plantings that were to remain, and to hide the newly designed lighting fixtures from view. Plantings were also introduced to frame, highlight, and direct focal attention to the sculpture. Several existing trees were removed from in front of the building to allow visibility of the sculpture from the offices within the building, with new coniferous columnar evergreen trees planted to reflect the building column lines without view obstructions. Bicycle parking racks were also screened from view behind the sculpture area, with additional perennials and ornamental grasses introduced for color, backdrops, and seasonal interest.