High Forest (2010)

Ruth Beer , Charlotte Wall

Westin Wall Centre, 3099 Corvette Way.

Area: City Centre
Location: Mounted on the roof of the building.

Materials: Glass with color laminate, painted steel and lighting

Program: Private
Ownership: Private
Sponsored By: Wall Financial Corp.

Description of Work

Ninety colour-tinted glass fins are installed at the edge of the Westin Wall Centre Richmond Hotel rooftop. These glass panels, using five different colours, are lit with white LED lights and are visible from all directions. The glass fins are fastened to steel stanchions, both above and below, by stainless steel bolts.

Artist Statement

The colours used in the lit glass stanchions are the colours of our forests, two shades of darker greens and two shades of green gold with one shade of pale brown referencing the bark. These stanchions, as a forest, connect the top of the building with the ground it’s built on and link the top and the bottom of the structure to complete the whole.