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Located along Bellingham’s revitalized waterfront, the acid accumulator from the defunct Georgia Pacific tissue mill has been transformed into a new public art installation placed in Waypoint Park along Whatcom Waterway. The circa 1938 sphere—approximately 30 feet in diameter and over 400,000 pounds—was once used as part of a relief system that held liquid and gas from nearby digester tanks that broke down wood chips with pressure and acid.

The studio’s concept is intentional in authentically representing the industrial character of the artifact by maintaining the integrity of the existing shape and form. Early concepts that augmented, pierced, punctured, sliced and/or changed the object into something different were quickly cast aside. The firm's design approach is simple and restrained. At its core, it is one MACRO move (at an urban scale), combined with one MICRO move (at an elemental scale).

At a macro scale, by repositioning the ball to the water’s edge, it becomes a beacon from land and water and a visual terminus to the existing axis of the courthouse stair. The artifact’s new location draws people into the site to explore and approach the artifact connecting it to both to the city and the water’s edge. From a flashlight to headlights of a passing car, from a sunbeam to a waning moon, “Waypoint” harnesses the light around the City of Bellingham and changes through every season, throughout the day and night. Source by Mutuus Studio.

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