Intersection of 15th St. and JFK

The company responsible for printing and installing the vinyl wraps on the Recycling trucks, Plug Digital. Has begun using a technique of creating stencils of an image, than placing the image on the sidewalk and power washing over the stencil. The sidewalks are so dirty that when the dirt is washed away the image is revealed. I thought this was a great idea for art to be created in cross walks and intersections. Application would be simple and completely eco-friendly. The image would be temporary but this also means the expense would be low as well as a low environmental impact.

Child’s Garden, Façade on Juniper St.

The elements of this design are reused from drawings done by students in the after-school Big Picture Program. Students from Waring Elementary created the flowers and students from Wissahickon Charter School created the birds. Again I think this enhances the building with a one color line drawing rather than covering or disguising the exterior.

Lace Façade on 16th St. between Lombard and Pine

When looking for the right houses for concept designs, I focused on houses that were already painted so I would not be destroying raw brick or stone work. I like using a twill fabric pattern, I feel it compliments the architecture of the same era but in a more contemporary style.

Pennsylvania Convention Center

When I saw the large cement or marble addition constructed on the addition to the Convention Center, I thought it was striking. In contrast to the architecture that surrounds it, and when you look south down Broad St., you see City Hall, Masonic Temple and PAFA, the cement seems uninspired. A pattern seen to that scale can be both striking and delicate.

Inspiration from Spain

While wondering around Barcelona, I found this house painted with an intricate pattern. Seeing this made me think more about the idea of using the front facade of a house as a canvas.




In Segovia, many homes had different patterns embedded into the cement on the exterior of the house.