Public Art and Functional Sculpture

Gateways that become playgrounds. Sculpture you can sit in. Art that belongs to the site.

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Built Work

Completed, realized artworks.

People sitting and talking beneath red umbrella canopies on a lawn

Built · Shade + Gathering

Umbrella Garden

Red umbrella canopies that turn a roadside corner into a place to shelter, sit and meet.

A woman seated in the centre of a large yellow orchid-shaped chair among flowers

Built · Sculpture + Seating

Phalaenopsis Chair

An orchid bloom large enough to sit inside, made to be played in and photographed.

Large white ring sculpture shaped like a panda face on a paved plaza, with a visitor inside

Built · Gateway + Play

Panda Gate

A panda face drawn in steel rings: threshold, climbing frame and photo frame.

Metal ginkgo-leaf trees above yellow flowers beside a blue path

Built · Sculpture + Gathering

Ginkgo Plaza

Tall metal ginkgo trees rise from flower beds along a blue path.

Large white and black letterforms across a plaza with mountains behind

Built · Sculpture + Landmark

Panda Panda

Oversized white and black letterforms spread across a plaza below the mountains.

Golden poles topped with stars against a blue sky

Built · Sculpture + Cultural Interpretation

Star Poles

Slender golden poles, each topped with a star, rising from a stone-paved garden.

Oversized white chair on a paved plaza with planting and signage behind

Built · Sculpture + Seating

Big White Chair

An oversized white chair set in a paved plaza, big enough to climb into.

Competitions & Proposals

Unbuilt concepts and competition submissions. None of these have been realized.

Rendering of people sitting, touching and playing around large boulder forms in a plaza at dusk

Competition Proposal · Sculpture + Seating

Enchanted Stones

Four hollow concrete boulders, each with its own interaction: light, warmth, mist and voice.

Rendering of a white lattice rabbit sculpture beside a pool with people nearby

Concept Study · Sculpture + Water

The Rabbit on the Far Side of the Moon

A latticed rabbit sculpture beside a shallow pool, developed around the phases of the moon.

Rendering of a woman seated on a curved bamboo bench in a garden

Concept Study · Sculpture + Seating

Bamboo Mountain

A family of bamboo benches, play forms and lamps shaped like hills.

Rendering of yellow gateway arches with drifting mist and people in a plaza

Concept Study · Gateway + Water

Mist Gate

Yellow arches, drifting mist and a ribbon of water that guide people through a shopping street.

Articles & Ideas

Writing on public art, play and place.

Bloom a Chair
Landscapes | Paysages · 2025
Public art, play, participation, and the role of the Phalaenopsis Chair in creating shared experience.
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Panda Gates
Ground: Landscape Architect Quarterly · 2025
A reflection on cultural identity, landscape, public art and placemaking through the Panda Gates project.
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