Upwells - by Stephen Luecking
1991
Upwells is a location specific environmental public sculpture. It won the design awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in 1992 and 1995.
Location: Center quad of North Science campus at the...
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Commissioned by the Illinois CDB Art in Architecture program.
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The spire functions as a sundial which points to marker wells at local Solar Noon on the Winter and Summer Solstices and on the Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes. A tube embedded in the back sphere allows visitors to sight on the tip of the spire to locate the Polar Star.
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