Highway ‘86
Expo 86 Corporation - 1986
Highway 86 is a winning competition entry for public space at the 1986 Canadian World Exposition, celebrating the history of 20th Century air, land and sea transportation. The structure is a seven hundred foot long undulating ribbon of concrete and steel for the purpose of exhibiting all means of mobility as part of a participatory sculptural event. Territories of the project include an area underneath two automotive viaducts, adjacent spaces for various national and corporate pavilions, plus a shoreline segment overlooking the Vancouver harbor. Acknowledging people's ambivalent relationship to the future of industrial technology, an all-inclusive coating of monochrome gray unifies the vehicles and reinforces this state of ambiguity.
Highway 86 - Expo 86 Corporation - History of 20th Century Transportation Processional Plaza - Vancouver, Canada - 1986 - Overview of the central section of the processional.
Highway 86 - Expo 86 Corporation - History of 20th Century Transportation Processional Plaza - Vancouver, Canada - 1986 - Monochrome vehicles entering the main fountain area.
Highway 86 - Expo 86 Corporation - History of 20th Century Transportation Processional Plaza - Vancouver, Canada - 1986 - Overview drawing of concept.
Highway 86 - Expo 86 Corporation - History of 20th Century Transportation Processional Plaza - Vancouver, Canada - 1986 - Children playing on bikes throughout the procession.
Highway 86 - Expo 86 Corporation - History of 20th Century Transportation Processional Plaza - Vancouver, Canada - 1986 - Children playing on bikes throughout the procession.
Highway 86 - Expo 86 Corporation - History of 20th Century Transportation Processional Plaza - Vancouver, Canada - 1986 - Two main overviews of the processional, going from Vancouver Harbor to the automobile viaduct.
Highway 86 - Expo 86 Corporation - History of 20th Century Transportation Processional Plaza - Vancouver, Canada - 1986 - Details of the processional, showing its origins in the Vancouver Harbor and its conclusion between the city viaducts.