Traffic

TRAFFIC

NEW
YORK,
NY

The 24–hour installation produces a cohesive landscape at Columbus Circle using only traffic cones, a material indigenous to the site. Much the way a snowfall veils unlike things, a field of 2,500 cones spaced four feet apart visually fuses the six discrete islands that comprise the traffic circle without interfering in traffic flows.

  • View of Columbus Circle
    View of Columbus Circle
  • Street view
    Street view
  • Traffic cones
    Traffic cones
  • Aerial view drawing
Project information
Location         Columbus Circle, New York, United States
Credits
TeamElizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio
    Photography by Ricardo Scofidio