Wisconsin
Eau
Claire
Phoenix Park Labyrinth, River Front Terrace
Phoenix Park is a brownfield redevelopment at the confluence of the Chippewa
River and Eau Claire River in Downtown Eau Claire which includes the park, a
large
open space with river access and a farmer's market.
The
total
area
of
the
park is approximately 9 acres and includes approximately 1/2 mile of riverbank
frontage.
The area includes strolling paths, fishing walls, regional bike trail, trailhead
facilities, a confluence plaza, a celebration plaza, labyrinth, Farmer's Market,
clock tower and many natural and passive areas. What makes this special is how
the use of the space is growing and evolving as the community discovers all that
it has to offer.
At
first glance this labyrinth appears to be a round seven path Classic.
If you look closely you will notice that the center is not round. The
labyrinth community in Eau Claire, with Lisa Moriarty's
guidance, asked if we could lay the pavers in a true archimedian
spiral labyrinth. Which means we would start in the center
with four rows of buff and one row of charcoal pavers and continue those
lines of never ending rows, each set of five laying in the back of
the previous five going around and around all the way to the outside
edge, creating the spiral.
All we needed to do was to connect the appropriate charcoal lines, and
some detailed cuttings to create the unique labyrinth at Phoenix Park.
De
Forest (3)
Heritage Gardens at Erickson Farms, Design
collaboration with Jeff Saward
The
finished labyrinth photo and more text about this entire project is
yet to come. This is a diagram of the Reims, France labyrinth which
is one of three labyrinths being created on this site.