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žžƵ in the Media: Rich Collaborations

May 18, 2022
Landscape Architecture Lighting Design Parks & Open Space Public Art

CODAworx features The Art Studio at žžƵ’s art installation “Skyward” at the Veterans Memorial Plaza – Chaplain Schmitt Island.

The highlights rich collaborations that highlight the combined talents of everyone involved – artists, designers, architects, art consultants, public art agents, landscape architects, fabricators, lighting designers and more. 

Located in Dubuque, Iowa, Skyward is a soaring spiral of steel beckoning from the end of a curving footbridge. The art installation is designed to evoke the last moments of Father Aloysius H. Schmit, a chaplain in the United States Navy who gave his life rescuing sailors during the attack on Pearl Harbor. A contemplative refuge, the conical shape coils upon itself, enveloping visitors with a pattern to suggest rainfall. 

Veterans Memorial Plaza – Chaplain Schmitt Island in Dubuque, Iowa. Photo by IRIS22 Productions.

Local veterans were asked to name an emotional response they would want to evoke. žžƵ artists and landscape architects worked together to create a concept that would bring forth respect, honor, sacrifice, serenity and gratitude. Sited as the pinnacle element, the steel installationculminates the journey along the memorial pathway with an invitation to enter.

žžƵ provided landscape architecture, art services, lighting design, engineering and construction administration across the six-acre site.

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Written by Erin Van Zee, Communications Director