Thompson Peak Parkway, "Earth Wall, Living Wall"

Public art in Scottsdale and surrounding communities is thriving.  It's been an honor to be part of this process.  I designed and completed "Earth Wall, Living Wall"  1997-1999.  If you visit the site today, you will experience the Earth Wall's integrated into a more mature landscape with developments completed all around.  It is a major thoroughfare to the McDowell Mountain Ranch community that was just underway in the mid 90's.  If you drive into the town house community to the south just off 100th street (it's not gated) you can drive around and view the side that this community enjoys.  You will be greeted by an 8' diameter Mandala inspired by the sacred geometry of the Nautilus Shell. The desert landscape was a significant element in the project design as well.  Rammed Earth is an appropriate building technique for the desert environment particularly since I was looking for ways to incorporate material already existing on the site.