Willow

Sky Ridge Light Rail Station - Lone Tree, Colorado

“Willow” is the crowning icon to the City of Lone Tree’s new light rail station. Approximately 20 miles south of Denver, the station is part of the Regional Transportation District’s (RTD) EFR Rail Extension which opened in May, 2019. The goal was for the art to have an urban prominence by both vehicle and by foot, and serve as a key wayfinding device to the surrounding community. The form of the artwork was inspired by the surrounding prairie grasses and the quaking aspens found in the Colorado foothills.

Project Information

Willow

Client: Regional Transportation District – Denver, CO
Completion Date: May 2019
Dimensions: 9’L x 9’W x 23’H
Materials: powder coated steel pipe, powder coated steel panel

Artist: Curtis Pittman
Computer Modeling and Shop Drawings: Curtis Pittman
Structural Engineering: Grummel Engineering – Portland, OR
Steel Fabrication: RD Olson Manufacturing, Inc. – Kelso, WA
Pipe Bending: Albina Pipe Co. – Tualatin, OR
Powder Coating: Portland Powder Coating – Portland, OR

Photography: Paul Wedlake Photography, Curtis Pittman

Sky Ridge Station, Lone Tree, CO 80124

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Concept

Design Drawing

Fabrication

Installation