这个阴暗的庭院，被认为是凤凰城恶劣的气候和郊区化块网络内的绿洲，为公众和艰苦的工作场所的户外雕塑，日常编程和支持凤凰美术博物馆的更大的公共使命的大型活动的安静避难所。
夏天的温度在凤凰城是北美洲任何大城市地区最温暖的，每年城市只有8.3英寸的雨。相比之下，冬天的条件是不可抗拒的。我们的凤凰艺术博物馆的雕塑花园为城市提供了一个充满活力的户外生活，但可持续发展的做法和声音设计选择的应用使其景观极端炎热和干旱。
我们的工作框架在日常生活中的艺术在凤凰城。该设计从僧侣传统中获取，以创造由柱状拱廊定义的四边形空间。一个传统的修道院利用改良的温暖或凉爽的微风，交替的阴影，园艺香味，嫩绿的颜色和质地，开花植物的喜悦和季节变化的简单条件。雕塑花园以现代表达方式带来这些传统。活栎树在草坪和露台上提供树冠，冬青树在冬天盛开，而Acacias环绕着花园，成为一个恒久的园艺框架，统一了花园的边缘。
意大利赛普拉斯线作为高大的树篱，进一步强调中央草坪，并为双活动露台和内部聚会场所提供背景。路径延伸通过相思树丛和穿过草坪。一个宽阔的走廊通过花园的中央空间提供了一个礼仪散步，正式将街道连接到博物馆建筑。
This shady courtyard, conceived as an oasis within Phoenix’s harsh climate and suburbanized block network, serves as both quiet refuge for the public and hard-working venue for outdoor sculpture, daily programming, and large events that support the Phoenix Art Museum’s larger public mission.
Summer temperatures in Phoenix are among the warmest of any metropolitan area in North America, and the city receives a mere 8.3 inches of rain annually. By contrast, winter conditions are irresistible. Our sculpture garden for the Phoenix Art Museum assumes a vibrant outdoor life for the city but the application of sustainable practices and sound design choices tempers its landscape for extreme heat and drought.
Our work frames art within everyday life in Phoenix. The design appropriates from monastic traditions to create a quadrangular space defined by perambulatory arcades. A traditional cloister exploits simple conditions of modified warmth or cooling breezes, alternating shade and shadow, horticultural fragrance, verdant color and texture, the delight of flowering plants, and seasonal change. The Sculpture Garden brings these traditions forward in a contemporary expression. Live oak trees offer canopy over the lawns and terraces, Chitalpas bloom in winter, and Acacias surround the garden as a constant horticultural frame unifying the garden edges.
Lines of Italian Cypress serve as tall hedges, further emphasizing the central lawn and providing backdrops for twin event terraces and interior gathering places. Paths extend through the Acacia grove and cross the lawn. A singular broad walkway provides a ceremonial promenade through the garden’s central space, formally connecting the street to the Museum building.
