Key：USA | 2010 | Waterscape

项目概况:

crown fountain is an interactive work of public art and video sculpture featured in chicago’s millennium park, which is designed by catalan artist jaume plensa and executed by krueck and sexton architects. it is world famous and classic work of the fountain design. the fountain with cost of $17 million is composed of a black granite reflecting pool placed between a pair of glass brick towers. the piece consists of two 50-foot high translucent towers constructed of glass brick that glow with internal light on all sides. large led video screens are positioned behind the opposing faces of the two towers. water flows over the tower faces and onto a plaza in a thin film. the faces of chicagoans of all ages and backgrounds appear on the led screens, the goal being to create a project "inspired by and created for the people, which will open up the souls of the city’s inhabitants by serving as an archive of its people".