Installed at the Pasadena Museum of California Art, this site specific, exterior sculpture exists in a liminal architectural space – an opening in a thickened exterior wall. It is meant to be viewed from both the interior of the museum and the exterior, drawing visitors in from the street and allowing for an up-close understanding as visitors interact with the sculpture on the second floor.

A Loose Horizon is composed of laser cut and bent sheets of aluminum that are then powder coated and riveted together. The form is inherently structural, requiring no auxiliary supports. The interactive experience begins with views of the large opening in the center of the museum’s facade. From inside the lobby, the opening serves as a frame for the view outside and represents a horizon or boundary between the interior and exterior. The project works with the potential of lines to shape space and is composed of a series of rays projecting from the frame to emphasize this border and expand the visual experience into a spatial one.

Constructed of riveted aluminum panels, this project is made possible through precise machining and parametric design tools. Custom software produced the geometries which were then laser cut and precision bent. These processes provide a high degree of formal freedom and allow each part to be unique.

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