The Benefit of Mr. Kite, Canyon Path Art Project Permanent Installation
Kite from Below		Location: San Diego, CA, contruction 2003 Client: Port of San Diego Size: Figures 37' and 32' tall, 1000' long walkway from Harbor Drive to the Bay Materials: Aluminum, hedge, lighting, prisms Budget: $600,000
A narrow pathway, 13' wide with 70 ft walls was left as public access to the harbor between the San Diego Convention Center and the Marriott Hotel. This narrow pathway, known as Canyon Path, is impossible to find through the maze of auto access and parking lots.
Approach from Harbor Drive		Overall Plan
Convention Center Gate Drawing		Convention Center Gate Completed
We are creating two giant figures at the entrances of the Path and hedge lantern elements along the approaches to guide the pedestrian into the pathway. The figures use the topiary vocabulary of the espaliered ficus plantings that already exist at the site. At the city end is Looking Man, a 37 ft. figure, who peers through binoculars at the water.		Looking Man	Looking Man Model
Mermaid Near Water		At the water's end of the pathway is a Mermaid who is holding a megaphone with one hand and calling to the city. In the other hand she is holding a string that projects up the seven stories to a kite that brings the sun's prismatic light into the center of the cavernous path.
Plan of Hedge Lanterns	A series of Hedge/Lantern structures will lead pedestrians through the site providing formal sequence and night lighting, beginning at the critical points on Harbor Drive and at the Bay Front Promenade.		Hedge Lanterns and Espaliered Topiary
Orange Section	Color Grid on Path during Installation		Yellow Section
Within the Canyon Path there are three spaces, each painted a different color: orange, yellow and pale green. The design of the pedestrian's walk is choreographed as a sequential experience: first to draw you in, then create a magical experience inside and, finally, open up to the waterfront.			Kite Prism Projection
All Photos by Beckett Logan
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