Wexford Aggie Square
Sacramento, CA | 594,500 sq. ft.
Role: Design Lead
Press: Interior Design Magazine Feature
Team: SPMD
Project Management: Najat Hassan, Creative Direction: Louise Mackie
Design Direction: Jean Colangel, 3D Design: Binh Nguyen, Clinton Olajide Jr., Production Support: Zach Schmidt, Design Engineering: Carl Burdick, Fabrication: Scott Chamberlain
In collaboration with:
Wexford Science + Technology and ZGF Architects partnered with the University of California, Davis to design and build a hub adjacent to the Sacramento medical campus where higher education, industry, and government can come together. The result is Aggie Square: an innovation district and ecosystem where companies, researchers, students, and faculty work side-by-side. Our team was brought on strategize Wexford’s art experience. My role was in determining art locations, conceptualizing and leading the design and fabrication of the lobby’s hero sculpture, and serving on the Sacramento Arts Commission to select local artists for murals throughout the space.
The design of the lobby’s hero sculpture, Data Delta, honors the convergence of the Sacramento River and its surrounding landscape–a constant flow of change. The polycarbonate forms are derived from the area’s topography, and the spray-painted color maps the local land use. Woven seed patterns of agricultural data are stencil-painted through the gradient. Strategically placed spines on each panel juxtapose the fluidity and geometry of the land and ensure the panels do not warp over time.
Suspended metal droplets quantify the rivers and tributaries of the region and create an ascent between the first and second floors. The path of the river itself weaves through the panels as the reflective centerpiece for Data Delta.
Photography by Magda Biernat