December, 2016: Ed Carpenter: 35’ x 35’ laminated glass, stainless steel, and aluminum sculpture for Rohrer College of Business at Rowen University
"Threshold"
Client: Rowan University
Rohrer School of Business
Rowan NJ
Date: 12/2016
Dimensions: 35' x 35'
Materials: Laminated glass, stainless steel, aluminum
Renderings and Working Drawings: Curtis Pittman
Project Administration: Arleen Daugherty
Architect: KSS, Philadelphia, PA
Lighting Design: Illumination Arts, Bloomfield, NJ
Perforated Stainless Steel: Western Wire Works, Portland OR
Aluminum Extrusions: SAPA, Portland OR
Glass Laminating: Glass Strategies, Portland, OR
Glass Fabrication: Haefker Studio, Portland OR
Installation: Greenwich Glass, Mickleton, NJ
Photographer: Ed Carpenter and Halkin Mason Photography

THRESHOLD SCULPTURE FOR ROWEN UNIVERSITY

Threshold
“Threshold” was conceived as a transparent and timeless architectural feature that creates a welcoming beacon and icon for the Rohrer School of Business at Rowan University. It utilizes a rich palate of light interactive and durable materials including laminated glass, stainless steel, and aluminum.

Posted 31 January 2017

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In keeping with the University’s goal that the artwork serve as a gateway to the campus, “Threshold” refers abstractly to gate imagery, incorporating forms that may remind us of gates we have known. The gate metaphor is, of course, broadly applicable not only as a celebration of the entrance to the campus, but also as a symbol of the passages undertaken by students and graduates of the business school.

Ed Carpenter: Threshold, 35’ x 35’ laminated glass, stainless steel, and aluminum sculpture for Rohrer College of Business at Rowen University

Gates are symbols of transitions—-personal, educational, and professional transitions in this case—-precisely the kind of transitions cultivated within the mission of the Rohrer School of Business. So the sculpture serves both as a gateway to the campus and as an icon of passages to the future.

Ed Carpenter: Threshold


The mercurial reflectivity of dichroic glass gives the work a feeling of luminous vivacity and a spirit of lightness and optimism. At night, the colorful ensemble glows like a lantern, projecting the spirit of the business school outward in a warm and welcoming gesture. Ed Carpenter 1812 NW 24th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97210, United States +1 (503) 224 6729 info@edcarpenter.net www.edcarpenter.net		Ed Carpenter: Drawing Threshold, 35’ x 35’ laminated glass, stainless steel, and aluminum sculpture for Rohrer College of Business at Rowen University