WI94_MM:105
Site-specific Permanent Installation
2024 - current(expected completion, 2027)
Location: MnDOT Lake Burgen Safety Rest Area,
Highway I-94 Westbound, Mile Marker 105, Minnesota
Study model photo
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Hybrid FLoor/Ceiling Plan
Title: WI94_MM:105
Medium: LED Light, ultramarine pigment, gypsum board, granite
Project Team
LUCITO, concept, design
in collaboration with:
Clow Berg, Inc. (architecture)
TLÂL-LI Collaborative, LLC (landscape)
Michael Cohen at Schuler Shook Inc., lighting design
Bodie Chisum, digital and physical modeling
Client
Clow Berg, Inc.
MnDOT
This architectural installation builds on themes present in previous works by LUCITO, deploying a minimal work embedded in the architectural fabric of the building itself. A single cubic form is anamorphically projected and carved from the ceiling, both negating and amplifying perceptual aspects of highway travel and speed depending on one’s relationship to the piece. The cavity is painted with an ultramarine pigment and lit internally.
The effect: an estranged ambient square hovers before visitors to this roadside rest area. In the adjacent courtyard, a solid rough-hewn cube of granite levitates inches above the ground echoing its counterpart in the void.