Volume

Waller Creek, Austin, Texas

Description

Volume was our entry into the Waller Creek Conservancy’s “Creek Show” exhibition that runs for ten days each year through downtown Austin.


Our installation was a 100-foot-long intermittent waterfall that spilled over one of the creek’s spillway walls. Every two minutes, the water went from a gentle shower to a torrential flow, mirroring the creek’s transformation from a typically placid stream to a dangerous floodwater release valve during major storms.

 

“Volume reflects this intermittent ferocity of Waller Creek. Volume refers not only to the increased quantity of water that occurs during a flood event, but also the heightened sonic and physical effects that accompany it.”
– Waterloo Greenway

 

The waterfall was fabricated from steel, mounted atop the wall, and supplemented with LED strip lighting. It was ephemeral, and was completely dismantled after the ten-day run.


Architect: Specht Architects
Photography: Patrick Wong

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