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Snøhetta Unveils
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PHOTOS BY CASEY DUNN
welve gingko leaf-like structures now
tower over the courtyard just outside
the Blanton Museum of Art at the
University of Texas at Austin campus.
A part of a comprehensive 200,000-sf
grounds redesign led by architecture orm Snøhetta,
these perforated metal sculptures are as functional
as they are performative. In addition to the dappled
shade ofered by their 30-foot spans, the 40-foot-tall
structures function as a mini stormwater management system, moving water from the upper canopy
through the column down to grade and providing
passive irrigation into the surrounding subgrade.
As reported in the New York Times,
