Shadow Garden

This project explores the sun's power for tracking time and direction by using a gnomon to cast shadows. A gnomon is the part of a sundial that helps indicate the time of day by projecting shadows. The structure has a "T" shaped path with a flat wall that provides shaded seating areas and distinct gathering spaces. Two perpendicular windows hanging off the each wall will cast a square shadow in the middle of the “t” walkway on March 1st at 12:00 pm in Tucson, AZ. The gnomon projects shadows that move with the sun's East-West path, and when repeated 36 times, the units form a spiral pattern, creating a shadow garden.