Polytrauma and Blind Rehabilitation Center, Field Guide
Palo Alto, CA
Service:
Structural Design
Market:
Health Care
Client
Helmick Sculpture
Completion
2017
Photo by Will Howcroft
Photo by Will Howcroft
Photo by Will Howcroft
Displayed outside the Veteran’s Administration Polytrauma & Blind Rehabilitation Center, Field Guide initially appears to be an abstract latticework. As they approach, visitors can see or feel that this form comprises twenty-two images of indigenous Northern California species complemented by dozens of three-dimensional golden birds. The same graphics are replicated inside on a copper-colored cylinder suspended in the atrium. SGH consulted on the structural and seismic performance of both sculptures.
