#LANDSCAPING AND URBAN PLANNING PROJECTS
kunlé adeyemi sources natural limestone rocks for lakefront kiosk in chicago
occurring at the inaugural chicago architecture biennial, architecture, design and urbanism practice NLÉ, led by kunlé adeyemi has created ‘rock & the bean’ — an installation sited right at the heart of the city’s renowned millennium park.
working with the school of the art institute of chicaco (SAIC), the installation is connected to SAIC and NLÉ’s co-creation of the chicago lakefront kiosk ‘ROCK’.
organized around the south side of anish kapoor‘s landmark cloud gate sculpture, the salvaged limestone rocks promote the interaction between man and material. deposited on top of wooden pallets, the exhibition invites and encourages public participation where visitors can add ‘value’ to the raw material by artist facilitated carving, painting, performances and other un-imagined processes. the public art display also highlights the midway journey before the re-purposing stage for the construction of the lakefront kiosk.
the kiosk is to be situated at montrose beach – adjacent to lake michigan – where the limestone rocks engraved with markings from the public will become park of the pavilion’s structure. the project is conceived as an ‘infrastructure box’, consisting of materials and technologies that are found at or belong to the local environment. the composition’s resilient limestone and concrete elements can be uniquely assembled each time to suit different locations, while providing shelter and contributing to the shoreline protection.
