User:Mary C Tyson/sandbox

Bill and Mary Buchen design interactive installations for museums, galleries, and public sites through the United States. Together they make a collaborative public artist team, Sonic Architecture. Their large-scale public works include: sound parks and science playgrounds, and designs for urban and natural environments. They have developed a methodology for working with public space that draws upon environmental phenomena, solar energy, science, sound and physics to create comprehensive art environments that informs the public's consciousness of the natural environment. Combining innovation and elegance, their work inspires the public to experience space in constantly changing paradigms, referring to archetypal historical forms while looking to the future of public space. They draw on a broad background of cultural traditions in creating their artworks.

Biography (or Major Projects)
 * Cleveland Square Park, El Paso, TX (current)
 * Pompano Beach, FL, Neighborhood Transit Center Commission (2012)
 * Designs for Orlando, FL Parks Department (ongoing)
 * Designs for Craig Ranch, Las Vegas Parks Department (ongoing)
 * Designs for Vancouver, BC, City of Richmond Parks Department (ongoing)
 * Green Valley Ranch Park, Denver, CO (2008)
 * ‘Prairie Bells’, Preston Road, Frisco, TX (2009)
 * Seal Point Park, San Mateo, CA (2008)
 * Design Commission for MUNI Third Street Light Rail Stations, San Francisco Art Commission (2007)
 * Design Commission for Ohio State University Recreation and Fitness Facility, Columbus, OH (2007)
 * ‘Wind Torchere’ for Maryland Place, St. Louis, MO (2006-7)
 * Design Team for Manhattan Square Park renovation, Rochester, NY (2003-7)
 * Design Team for Long Island City, NYC Transit Links project with Abel, Bainnson & Butz, LA (2006)
 * NY Hall of Science Children's Playground design with BKS/K Architects, Corona, NY 2007)
 * Enhancements for North Point Park, Boston, MA with Carr Lynch & Sandell LA (2006)
 * Commission for Meijer Garden Children’s Sculpture Garden, Grand Rapids, MI (2004)
 * Sound Pavilion for Atlanta City Parks Recreation Center (2003)
 * Schematic Design for Delmar Streetscape Development, St. Louis Arts in Transit (2001-3)
 * Flight Wind Reeds at North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (2003)
 * Bell Garden / A Learning Environment for the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, Middletown, CT. Commissioned by the Art in Public Spaces Program of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and the Department of Public Works  (2002)
 * Wind Reeds installation for ‘Sound in the Landscape’ exhibition, Art Omi International Art Center, Omi, NY (2002)
 * Sculpture installations for 4 city parks in Eugene, OR (2002)
 * Design team for Triangle Park, St. Louis Arts in Transit Program (2000-01)
 * Aeolian Garden for University of Connecticut Avery Point Campus. Art in Public Spaces Program of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts (2000)
 * Interactive designs for Heron City in Barcelona and Valencia, Spain (2001-2)
 * Clover Park playground design, Santa Monica, CA with Rios Associates. Commissioned by City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division  (2000)
 * Liberty Science Center/ New Jersey Transit Commission: Environmental sculptures for walkway with ETC Architects (2000)
 * Westside Station / New Jersey Transit Commission: Environmental Sculptures and Plaza Design with ETC Architects (2000)
 * Interactive artworks for entry plaza of the new Children’s Museum of Richmond, VA (2000)