The Orange Memorial Park Sculpture Garden provides
a fantastic vehicle to display several sculptures within a
relaxing park-like setting. In collaboration with the Cultural
Arts Commission, Callander Associates worked to create a space
that would not only provide places for sculpture, but would
also become sculptural in itself. The focus of the garden
is the first installed bronze sculpture “Safe Passage”, around
which a circular area of turf and stone paving creates a central
gathering space. From this “heart” curvilinear pathways radiate
out through the garden providing connections to seating areas,
future sculpture placements, tennis and bocce ball courts,
and colorful garden plantings. The plantings themselves enhance
the sculptural environment by creating colorful waves of flowers
that offset the curving pathways. The sculptural focus was
further developed in the careful selection and design of various
site furnishings. Taking queues from the curvilinear forms
in the garden, the foot high ornamental metal fence was designed
with curved cross members, resulting in a rhythmic wave pattern
along the entire length of the fence. These curves also reveled
themselves in carefully selected benches, trash receptacles,
and pedestrian lighting fixtures, further uniting the sculptural
landscape design. |