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Hedge Wedge by Robert Irwin
Photo Credit© 2013 Philipp Scholz Rittermann
Hedge Wedge
Photo Credit© 2013 Philipp Scholz Rittermann

Hedge Wedge

Artist
Year2012
Classification environmental art
Medium concrete, weathering steel, and Ligustrum hedges
Dimensions201 1/2 x 480 x 3455 13/16 in. (16.79 x 40 x 288 ft.)
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • Visitors approaching the courthouse from either Broadway or the federal plaza will encounter Robert Irwin’s Hedge Wedge, a sculptural ramp of interlocking concrete and steel elements topped by ribbons of deep green privet.  Like the grand steps of historic courthouses, Hedge Wedge provides a transition between the bustle of the surrounding city and the ceremonial space of the courthouse.  Irwin collaborated closely with the building’s architects, landscape designers, construction engineers and many others in realizing this unique artwork that is a response to the conditions of its site.