ApH Studio

2001
Concrete, brick, stainless steel, printed images, landscaped garden
Area 150’ x 150’; Arches 16’ x 10’ x 2’

Collaborating Artist: Michael Warrick

Location: Central High National Historic Site, Little Rock, Arkansas
Client: Central High Museum, Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas

Garden plaza with pathway, nine benches and nine trees to represent the Little Rock Nine, the first African American students to integrate Central High School in 1957. Two monumental arches mimic the architecture of the school building — the classical arches and four symbolic human figures. On the inside surface of each arch, a mirror finish stainless steel plate is printed with historical photos of events at the school.

Landscape Architect: MESA Landscape Architects, Inc.