Hanging Canyon
Tributary valley
Higher than main
Varying erosion rate
Atmospheric conditions contribute to geologic wonderment.
“It is a spectacular illusion – a deeply three-dimensional scene flattened onto an earthly canvas.”– Stefanie Payne
Domesticated
Mutualism form
Adapted over time
Human benefit
An avenue of lost monuments and of historic houses remains adorned with flowering plants.
“This seemed like a time where a lot of the town is trying to kind of move forward and envision a future that’s not based completely in the past.”– Francesco Benincasa
Grain Distribution
Abandoned mechanism
Storage management
Industrial structure
Gravity created movement forces were used in these silo drums to deposit and vertically stack grain for storage.
“While different silo types exist, from bunker to bag silos, we’re focusing on tower silos and the powerful experiences they build with volume and light.”– Eric Baldwin
Inevitable
Red sandstone
Natural sculpture
Wind rain and time
Focused on the present, times and conditions change constantly.
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
International Use
Sign bolt
Estic and
The qerh
Along the passage of time, a sign develops new meaning.
“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” – Terry Pratchett
Avalon
Adjoining
Meeting space
Venue management
Summer sunlight action offers in-town augmentation.
“When everything is working right, there is understanding without having to work at it.” – monalis
Spring Runoff
Colorado river
Grand mesa
Valley floor
A large mountain snow pack continues to fill the river into summer, as evolutionary forces govern nature and human experience.
“An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.” – David Attenborough
Abstraction Provide
Universal dynamic
Illusionistic reality
Pictorial language
Here freatured is an organized structural abstraction with random graffiti extracted from a larger manifold.
“For anyone who sees more deeply, there is nothing vague about this; it is only vague for the superficial observer of nature.” – Piet Mondrian
Any Wonder
Fallen rocks
Path adjustment
Coincidentally haphazard
It would be difficult to make something like this on purpose.
“The moves yesterday of the withered infinities, where attachments abide.” – Bella Clara Ventura
Angular
Physical properties
Rotation association
Reference angle
Striking sunlight across several old Grand Junction buildings late in the day attracts attention.
“The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.” – Henry Ward Beecher