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Public RainKeep
Botanica
Florida Botanical Gardens, Children's Discovery Garden, Summer of 2021.
Botanica
Detail 'Botanica' upper canopy with rain chains
Soho NYC
This flower sculpture blooming on the streets of Soho does not only shine as an eye-catching art installation but also catches rainwater and stores it in the recycled aluminum tank connected to the flower sculpture. This water is later used to water the plants on the pavilion, establishing a self-sustainable system. The entire system contributes to decreasing flash flooding in the streets of New York. This self-sustained system also contributes to easy care of the plants on the pavilion.
Soho NYC
Upper canopy Detail
Big Blue
2019 Bioneers Conference
Three Sisters
Permanently installed at Casey Farm community garden in spring of 2021.
Whorl
A site-specific piece Allison Newsome MFA 83 CR created for the Bristol [RI] Garden Club, uses upper and lower canopies to capture precious rainwater.
Vera da Pozza
This cast bronze version of RainKeep—called Vera da Pozza—was shown in Venice at the Venice Architecture Biennale in the Marinaressa Gardens in 2018.
Charmed
The very first RainKeep Allison Newsome made, it is called charmed because of the cast bronze charms evocative of antique charms from charm bracelets from the 1930's . The Nature Conservancy purchased it for the Chelsea Community Garden Chelsea, MA. used by GreenRoots environmental group that use the garden for educational programing.
Charmed
Charmed
Detail rain chain charms
Residential RainKeep
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