ArtSpot

Location: Broadway

HydroGeometry is the result of a year-long collaboration between Candra Day of Vista 360° and the local architecture firm GYDE Architects’ Peggy Gilday, Nona Yehia, and Jessica Barnhouse, and it was fabricated by Premier Powder Coating & Custom Fabrication of Rexburg, Idaho.

This large-scale, three-dimensional sculpture explores the geometry of water as it transforms from rain to snow through layers of laser-cut steel. The final design of interlaying hexagonal and triangular grids came together following an extensive exploration of rain and snow at a molecular level by the design team. References to the water cycle emerge from the form, drawing to mind water filters, solar panel cells, even geological growth as the form is brought to life in its interplay with sunlight and shadow, rain and snow through the days and seasons.

The ArtSpot is a JH Public Art project, in which regional artists are invited to create site-specific installations that inspire moments of discovery and joy for the more than 30,000 daily drivers that pass by.