bird news / echo wall

Vashon Island Transfer Station, Vashon, WA
2000

Porcelain enamel exterior cladding, cut aluminum wall treatment in recycle area.

Bird News

340 square feet of porcelain enamel on steel panels, cladding the weigh station building. Imagery consists of birds, representing dispersal, and vessels, suggesting containment; two concepts relevant to a landfill/garbage transfer site.

Echo Wall

A decorative 8’ X 72’ wall pattern of multiple cut aluminum panels surrounding the recycle area of the transfer station. The imagery reminds the viewer that all our garbage has an afterlife, an echo.