Awards

Christian Moeller created Quill, a new perimeter enhancement for the Dominion Virginia Power Substation in Rosslyn as part of Monday Properties’ 1812 N Moore Street project. Moeller’s design spans the Nash Street façade with additional treatments visible on N. Moore Street. The design was inspired by the successful return of the bald eagle to nesting along the banks of the Potomac River after years of being threatened with extinction.

CO2LED was a temporary project that promoted the use of alternative energy sources by using nearly 700 solar-powered LEDs (light-emitting diodes) secured to rods of varying heights, each topped with a reused plastic drink bottle. The poles’ slight flexibility, combined with the LEDs’ nebulous glow underneath the ridged surfaces of the plastic drink bottles, created a soft, undulating cloud of light.

Jann Rosen-Queralt integrated public art into Cultivus Loci: Suckahanna, a rain garden designed by the landscape architecture firm Oculus, at Powhatan Springs Park. The garden collects and filters storm water run-off from the paved areas of the park. Cultivus Loci means “cultivated place” in Latin, and Suckahanna is the Powhatan word for “water.”

Liquid Pixels, by Ned Kahn, consists of six 42 x 25 foot vertical sections mounted on the north and west sides of this building. The six panels are covered with 630,000 one inch diameter disks affixed to low-friction pins. The disks move freely on their pins in response to wind, thus revealing invisible natural patterns. As light passes over the disks the glittering effect mimics water cascading down the façade.