Waukee, Iowa

2017

Located at the trailhead of the Raccoon River Valley Trail in Dallas County, the installation creates a unique experience for visitors and a destination for bicyclists and pedestrians. It is a dramatic sculptural icon and regional landmark, a colorful and whimsical connection between the past, present, and future of the community. With a trellis of railroad rails, handmade ceramic-clad columns, ornamental bollards, and color-changing LED, the pergola installation introduces a meaningful contemporary visual theme that can be scaled appropriately to welcome riders at the entrances to other communities along the trail.