ART + PUBLIC SPACE DESIGN |
Anderston Cross Asphalt Art | Glasgow City Council + Bloomberg Philanthropies
The city of Glasgow in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies commissioned a temporary public artwork at the entrance to Anderston Station that will improve pedestrian and cyclist wayfinding, revitalise the public space, and provide dynamic art for residents and visitors to enjoy.
With 50 days until the landmark Conference of the Parties (COP26) climate summit in Glasgow, UK, Bloomberg Philanthropies is collaborating with Glasgow City Council as host of the Climate Conference to help deliver a legacy for the city and its residents. Starting with an innovative Asphalt Art installation at the entrance of Anderston Station, Glasgow joins a select group of international cities supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies to transform and revitalise public spaces through the power of art.
Bloomberg Philanthropies' Asphalt Art Initiative is responding to the growing number of cities around the world embracing art as an effective and relatively low-cost strategy to activate their streets, with interventions on plazas and pavements, crossings and intersections, and other transportation infrastructure. The grant programme is designed not just to improve street safety and create vibrant public spaces, but also to build city capacity for working with artists and community groups on projects involving transportation infrastructure.
Over the coming weeks, residents of Glasgow will be able to witness their city become one of the most talked about in the world as it aims to be the linchpin for an ambitious global plan to tackle climate change. With participatory events and projects to be announced as it pushes towards this defining summit, the opportunities emerging from hosting COP extend far beyond staging an event for two weeks in November.
The design team led by Civic Engineers, with designer Gabriella Marcella and Urban Movement have worked to improve the connection to and from the city centre. Marcella's striking artwork, titled "Water Works," is painted on the ground and columns outside the entrance to Anderston Station below the M8 underpass.
The design was inspired by environmental challenges the city faces with excessive rain and water runoff, and the mural is accompanied the introduction of benches and an experimental raingarden on the site. As an attractive, low-maintenance way to reduce flood risk and treat surface water runoff from the nearby M8, a raingarden is a garden of native shrubs planted in a small depression, providing additional biodiversity and a greater sense of place to city centre streetscapes.
CHECK OUT THE PROJECT WEBSITE HERE
Project Team
Gabriella Marcella
Civic Engineers
Urban Movement
WAVE particle
With 50 days until the landmark Conference of the Parties (COP26) climate summit in Glasgow, UK, Bloomberg Philanthropies is collaborating with Glasgow City Council as host of the Climate Conference to help deliver a legacy for the city and its residents. Starting with an innovative Asphalt Art installation at the entrance of Anderston Station, Glasgow joins a select group of international cities supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies to transform and revitalise public spaces through the power of art.
Bloomberg Philanthropies' Asphalt Art Initiative is responding to the growing number of cities around the world embracing art as an effective and relatively low-cost strategy to activate their streets, with interventions on plazas and pavements, crossings and intersections, and other transportation infrastructure. The grant programme is designed not just to improve street safety and create vibrant public spaces, but also to build city capacity for working with artists and community groups on projects involving transportation infrastructure.
Over the coming weeks, residents of Glasgow will be able to witness their city become one of the most talked about in the world as it aims to be the linchpin for an ambitious global plan to tackle climate change. With participatory events and projects to be announced as it pushes towards this defining summit, the opportunities emerging from hosting COP extend far beyond staging an event for two weeks in November.
The design team led by Civic Engineers, with designer Gabriella Marcella and Urban Movement have worked to improve the connection to and from the city centre. Marcella's striking artwork, titled "Water Works," is painted on the ground and columns outside the entrance to Anderston Station below the M8 underpass.
The design was inspired by environmental challenges the city faces with excessive rain and water runoff, and the mural is accompanied the introduction of benches and an experimental raingarden on the site. As an attractive, low-maintenance way to reduce flood risk and treat surface water runoff from the nearby M8, a raingarden is a garden of native shrubs planted in a small depression, providing additional biodiversity and a greater sense of place to city centre streetscapes.
CHECK OUT THE PROJECT WEBSITE HERE
Project Team
Gabriella Marcella
Civic Engineers
Urban Movement
WAVE particle