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Elevator Corridor Art at Longwood Center

I’m pleased to share an elevator corridor art glass installation that I recently completed for the brand new Longwood Center in Boston.

Dead walls in elevator corridors, like the one I treated here, present wonderful opportunities for art. These spaces are often empty, with no windows or exits, and enjoy high traffic. Plus, people waiting for elevators often have nothing to do besides look around, tapping their feet (if they’re not buried in their phones).

Longwood Center had a first floor lobby elevator corridor with a dead wall that fit this bill. Needless to say, I was honored to dream up a new life for it. Given that Longwood Center is a “leading location for life science, innovation, collaboration, and translation,” designed for laboratory, office, and clinical use, I started thinking about elegant ways to physically and psychologically open up the space. Glass, of course, is the perfect medium for such a goal, for the expansive ways in which it transmits and refracts light.

Inspired further by images of DNA mapping and working closely with architect Elkus Manfredi, I ultimately created the above backlit sawtooth glass wall. The finished piece is 9 feet wide by 10 feet high, infusing the corridor with a whole new sense of energy.