Connaught Open Street Shade Sculpture

About: “The Connaught Open Street is a collaborative, community-led project that provides a safer way for kids to get to school. This half block of 10 Street between 12th Ave and 13th Ave SW, located next to Connaught School was a place kids previously described as busy, noisy and dangerous. After identifying the problem, the kids of Connaught school proposed a solution: turn the street into a park! We are excited to announce that the temporary Open Street has gained funding and approvals to be transformed into a permanent green space!” -Sustainable Calgary

Shade Sculpture: As the school kids and residents continue to use this park one issue remained, the park was in the full sun all day long. daniel j kirk was commissioned to create a playful and artistic solution to provide shade for the park. The outcome is a sculptural shade structure that connects individual circles, made from old unusable bike wheels from Bicycles for Humanity, that come together as a whole as if emerging from the ground. Recycled barrels, repurposed to hold earth, are home to planted flowers and support the growth of this sculpture

The Artist: daniel j kirk

Commissioned by: Sustainable Calgary

Located in Calgary Alberta