LASN is a photographically oriented, professional journal featuring topics of concern and state-of-the-art projects designed or influenced by registered Landscape Architects.
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whether seated at the perimeter, looking down from rooms above or experiencing a candle-light walk ��� mysteriously connects us to something greater than we are. A snow-melt system ensures that the labyrinth remains accessible and vibrant during Cleveland���s long winter months. an accessible skim of water heated with excess steam from the hospital for year round use. Four varied effects ��� reflection, pop jets, laminar leapers and mist create varied sounds, capture sparkling sunshine, create a microclimate and encourage interaction by folks of all ages. The Four Elements Lighting Design Surrounding the labyrinth are representations of Nature���s four elements (earth, air, fire, water). Located at the four cardinal directions, supportive care programs are able to facilitate families, groups and individuals journeying with cancer while walking the labyrinth and holding each element in mind. Air is represented by a kinetic double helix of colorful orange disks; fire by uplit plants and a lava inspired bronze sculpture lit with orange lights; earth by a sixton granite, two-sided bench polished and carved with human ergonomics in mind; and water represented by The lighting was designed to create a lantern effect throughout the night. The subtly walled garden is uplighted with LED fixtures, computer controlled to cycle through the soothing colors of the seven chakras, especially for long winter evenings. RGB LED grazers set contemporary interior walls aglow. Light ticks the wall-top railing and dusts trees outside the garden with soft colors, an amenity to garden users, pedestrians and drive-by traffic. The LED lighting sequence, representing the seven chakras (energy centers) of the body, is automated from dusk to dawn. Top The Mary & Al Schneider Healing Garden is at the front door of the Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland, bounded by busy Euclid Avenue (left) and the newly realigned UH Drive. The garden descends gradually below street level with integrated walls and railings to create a gentle sense of separation from the street. Patients can view the garden from any one of the center���s eight stories. Bottom The color grazers side light a salvaged sandstone carving of a tuning fork from the former building that is mounted on the upstand wall. April 2013 73