Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
555 Mission Street Sculpture Garden
Alternate Title:
555 Mission Street Plaza
Image View:
Overall view of sculptures by Borofsky (left) and Rondinone (right)
Creator:
Hargreaves Associates (American landscape architecture firm, founded 1983)
Location:
site: San Francisco, California, United States
Location Note:
between Mission Street and Minna Street
GPS:
37.788833-122.398383
Date:
2008 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Twenty-first century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 2:
plaza
Classification:
Garden and Landscape
Material:
wood; steel; stone; plant material
Technique:
construction (assembling); gardening
Measurements:
11,000 ft2 (area)
Subjects:
architecture; botanical; contemporary (1960 to present); City planning; public art; green spaces; vertical gardening
Description:
555 Mission Street is a 33 story, 147 m (482 ft) tall office tower in the South of Market area of San Francisco; the anchor tenant is currently Deloitte. The building fronts on a mid-block plaza between Mission Street and Minna Street. The park, required as part of a public space initiative by the City of San Francisco for all new buildings, features large outdoor sculptures by Ugo Rondinone and Jonathan Borofsky. Privately owned public space (POPS) refers to a category of physical space that, although privately owned, is legally required to be open to the public under a city's zoning ordinance. The designers incorporated the sculpture, a "living wall" of plantings, seating areas and other landscaping into the plaza. Although required as public space, the plaza design contributed to the building's LEED Gold certification. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Image Description:
Human Structures by Jonathan Borofsky is a stacked tower of 62 brightly painted steel figures.
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Eleven
Identifier:
2A1-KPF-555M-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

555 Mission Street Sculpture Garden