A striking new public artwork is coming to Houston. Mayor Sylvester Turner announced on July 12 thatartist-architectRiccardo Mariano’sArco del Tiempo (“Arch of Time”), which expands Houston’s clean energy infrastructure, will be installedin 2024.
Sited in Guadalupe Park at the northwest corner of Houston’s Second Ward, this monumental steel canopy—100 feet tall and 164 feet wide—will function as a gateway tothe neighborhood and accommodate performances and cultural events. As its name implies, Arco del Tiempo also operates as a timepiece—inspired by, and inverting, the logic of the sundial. While in a traditional sundial, a vertical element casts a shadow relative to the sun, the geometry of Mariano’s arch is defined by solar movements, with 11 glazed apertures positioned to allow sunlight to pass through each at a given time of day.
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