Arch of Time is a Land Art Generator artwork designed by Riccardo Mariano. Incorporating solar photovoltaic modules it will generate 400,000 kWh per year, offsetting the electricity demand of the surrounding city. The artwork makes for an exceptional venue for events, learning, discovery, and play.  As a time measuring device, the Arch keeps track of the sun as it moves across the sky, engaging visitors with a magical light display within a comfortably shaded outdoor space. Originally a submission to LAGI 2019  Abu Dhabi. Learn more.

Partner with the Land Art Generator

We collaborate with public and private organizations to meet their greatest potential as they plan, design, and implement new clean energy projects.

We’ll help you find creative ways to increase on-site renewables for sustainable building and site certifications. We can help you transform your community solar installation for your neighborhood or district into a cultural asset. We can support large energy services companies seeking greater community engagement or who would like to look into a 1% for the arts approach to utility-scale power purchase agreement projects. Land Art Generator design competitions bring forward innovations in sustainable design, and capture the imagination of the world.

We work with project partners to integrate the best practices of creative placemaking, urban design, and civic art into renewable energy projects.

Land Art Generator brings LEED accredited professional advice, and assists with green building and net-zero project certifications including LEED, BREEAM, Estidama, and the Living Building Challenge, by introducing new ways of problem solving for energy conservation, on-site generation, BIPV, and energy harvesting, all with an approach that places the design, public engagement, and user experience first.

The energy transition is already underway. Over the next two decades we will see a rapid expansion of community energy projects and city planning initiatives for sustainable infrastructures in and around our towns and cities. By considering these projects from the start with a creative approach we can seize opportunities to increase livability and help drive economic development.

Energy projects can become public parks, civic artworks — connecting people to their energy and the environment.

There are a number of ways in which we work.

 

  • Site-specific design challenges
    See past competitions
  • Consultation on policy and planning for energy districts and strategic plans for cities, parks, universities, and corporate campuses
  • Land Art Generator Solar Mural artworks
  • Masterplanning, invited competitions, and RFPs for regeneration and development projects See LAGI Glasgow as an example
  • Educational programs for youth or adults with the option of creating functioning community energy artworks through participatory design.
    See Art+Energy Camp 2015 for Pittsburgh
  • Public art commissions for clean energy
  • Public art consulting on new developments and revitalizations
  • Exhibitions of Land Art Generator artworks at conferences, design centers, galleries, and public places
  • Lectures on the aesthetics of renewable energy for universities and high schools
  • Workshops for communities, universities, high schools, government offices, and more.

Cities and institutions can benefit from the economic efficiencies of combining public art and renewable energy infrastructure. The full spectrum of value and return on investment for new energy capital projects includes:

  • City Beautification
    All of the traditional benefits of public art.
  • Education
    Artworks provide places for visitors to learn about sustainable systems and to see renewable energy in action. The Land Art Generator is available to provide workshops and educational programs in your city.
  • Healthy Environment
    CO2 emissions reduction results from the artwork construction.
  • Healthy Communities
    People coming together to support sustainable development.
  • Economic Development
    Land Art Generator installations bring positive attention to sites and present site owners as leaders in sustainability.
  • Electrical Generation
    Land Art Generator installations have the potential to power hundreds of homes with renewable energy.