17th street westbound – the world: este mundo es una bola y nosotros un bolón
the shelter’s patterns have been inspired by vietnamese, portuguese, and mexican games played in the ethnically mixed neighborhood surrounding the station. the vietnamese dice game båu cua is played in the streets during the tet – the vietnamese new year- celebration...
17th street eastbound – i scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream
the patterns at this shelter were inspired by the many dairies – often owned by portuguese americans- which flourished in san jose in the 1930s. amongst them was “american dairy” which had its creamery at 17th st & santa clara until it closed in 1960. the building was...
arena eastbound – shark tank
the most iconic piece of identity connected to this station is san jose’s large ice arena, dubbed the “shark tank”. it is the home of san jose shark’s ice hockey team. the windscreen shows traces in the ice left by skates of the san jose sharks during a training...
loma prieta earthquake memorial
new project awarded! merge has been selected by the san francisco arts commission to design a memorial that remembers and commemorates the loma prieta earthquake and the role of first responders. this will be a site-specific work set along the promenade on the marina...
sfo terminal 3 opens
sfo terminal 3 opens--including our light sculpture, ‘sky’. located in the boarding area, the sculpture is comprised of 27 large mirror-polished stainless steel spheres with varying diameters that are suspended from the ceiling. the interior of the globes is...
san diego airport project
another airport project! ‘sublimare’ is a permanent installation for the new arrivals and departure plaza at the san diego international airport, terminal 2. drawing on the rich history of the san diego bay, this multimedia piece blends images of kelp with projected...