A GLOWING CRYSTAL FOR DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS Downtown Columbus, Ohio has a new sculptural symbol. “The Makers Monument” by sculptor Mark Reigelman is a cluster of perforated rectangular shafts posed at various angles, rising to a height of 20 ft. and resembling a crystalline formation emerging from the earth. Riegelman conceived his sculpture to reflect the city’s culture of craftsmanship and High Street as a maker’s hub. With a computational designer, he created a series of algorithms representing silhouettes of such images as a bowler hat for fashion, a saw blade for woodworking, and an automobile for technology. “From there, we broke up the digital model into hundreds of individual digital faces that were laser-cut,” explains Reigelman. The perforated steel sheets were bent to the shape of each element and welded together to form the final 7,000-pound work. Lighting also plays an important role in the piece, highlighting the perforations within each shaft. The lighting design was created by Francis Krahe & Associates with Lindsay Stefans serving as lead designer and project manager. “We had to balance between getting just the right positions to achieve the desired theatrical effect, while preventing glare.” The light was provided by six Lumenpulse Lumenbeam Grande fixtures, 3000K, fitted with a snoot and wire guard. The designers determined that in-grade fixtures could not be easily shielded. The standard snoot supplied the best cutoff for their purposes. Four of the Lumenpulse fixtures have 20-degree beam spreads, while two fixtures have 40-degree beam spreads. “We chose above-ground because we needed a © Abby Kamagate
fixture that was aimable to achieve the theatrical effects we wanted to achieve,” Stefans noted. “But we also needed to have higher light levels. The ambient levels on High Street at night are quite high. The surroundings have a lot of competing signage, street lighting and storefront lighting. ABOVE: Because surrounding ambient levels and competing signage at night are quite high, aimable, above-ground fixtures were chosen to achieve theatrical effects and higher light levels.
It’s a very active street, with considerable nighttime pedestrian traffic as well,” she points out.•
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