Clover Park: 2000
Aviation
themed enhancements for a children's playground located on the edge of
Clover Airfield in Santa Monica, CA. Designed in collaboration with the
architectural firm Rios Associates and commissioned by the City of Santa
Monica Cultural Affairs Division.
Children can climb into an observation tower via a spiral staircase, observe
the park through a binocular viewer and direct takeoffs and landing on
the bike/trike "runway" beneath the tower through interconnected
speaking/ listening tubes. Youngsters awaiting takeoff can perch on a
Flight Seat in the shape of a boomerang or explore the painted graphics
of kites, birds, planes and insects on concrete seating pads.
Stainless steel sculptures fabricated by Patrick Fitz-Gerald
