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Illuvium

Moffett Place, Google Campus

Sunnyvale, California

2015

Description

The Moffett Place public art plan is composed of a series of landscape sculptures that comprise the six entry plazas for Google’s campus in Sunnyvale, CA. The focal component of each plaza is an elegant bronze fountain, in an S form or Z variant, resting on a granite pedestal that corresponds in shape. A circular ripple pattern, similar to the effect of dropping a pebble into water, emanates from the center of each fountain extending into a series of concentric rings in the paving and seating area surrounding each fountain. Benches are made from recycled cast concrete conforming to the curves of the plaza paving. Their scalloped relief is echoed in the bronze fountain, bronze landscape screens and a luminaire that frame each plaza. The surrounding landscape is lushly planted with grasses in arched rows hugging each plaza’s shape. These grasses create visual layers with bronze screens enveloping the viewer within a single image of landscape and sculpture that becomes a point of delight at the entry of each campus building.

Information

Illuvium - Moffett Place, Google Campus - Projects - Cliff Garten Studio

Photo Credit Jeremy Green

Location
Moffett Place, Sunnyvale, California

Date
2015

Medium
Cast Bronze Fountain, Concrete Benches, Laser Cut Stainless and Bronze sheet, LED Light

Dimensions
6 Entry Plazas, each approximately 3,000 sq. feet with a 150 sq. feet fountain.

Commissioned by
Jay Paul Company

CGS
Cliff Garten, Founder/Director, Venice, CA
Matthew Gilio-Tenan, Principal, Venice, CA

Engineer
Patrell Engineering Group, Inc.

General Contractor
Level-10

Subcontractor
Metal Arts Foundry, Lehi, UT

Client / Reference
Kris McGee, Sr. Construction Manager, Jay Paul Company

Photography 
Jeremy Green
www.jeremygreen.com