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Houston, Texas 77002
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The Ride: Fannin South Park & Ride

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The Ride, a public art project at the Fannin South Station & Park and Ride facility, is a fusion between contemporary folk art and modern architecture. These varying styles of design have juxtaposed their respective creative processes to develop a work of art with function and form, The Ride.

Located at the northeast corner of Fannin and West Belfort Avenue makes The Ride a neighbor to one of Houston’s oldest and most renowned amusement parks. Across Fannin and northwest of The Ride you see the twists and turns of roller coasters and the wild looping thrill rides of Astroworld Ò.

From the park we drew inspiration to design artistic enhancements for The Ride. These creative elements include:
  • Fluidly designed colored tile mosaic murals for cladding of the light rail canopy columns.
  • An earth toned, kayak brown, for the color of the light rail canopy structural steel leaving the columns standing along the center of the platform like palm trees along a beachfront.
  • Green tinted glass spanning the length of the light rail glass canopy.
  • Green and pewter Terrazzo that creates islands of color along platform surface.
  • A ribbon of red tile mosaics inlayed between and throughout the light rail platform Terrazzo surface, which recreates the lines of the roller coasters and thrill rides next door.
  • Flowing colored forms that are incorporated into the leaning rails, which span the length of the light rail platform.
  • Trees, shrubs and native flowers that create islands of nature and color throughout the park and ride facility, extending the design elements of the station into the surrounding landscape.

 
 
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Ryan Middle School
Spark Park
11/2005


Worksource
Northside Mural
11/2005


Wendel Ley
YMCA 2005
07/2005
East end


Rucker Mural
Summer 2005
07/2005
Southeast Houston


ArtKidTeks


Ortiz Middle
School 2005
06/2005
Southeast Houston


Edison Middle
School Summer
2005
06/2005
East Houston


ArtKidTeks
@ Edison Middle
School
06/2005
East Houston


Edison Middle
School Doorways
Part. 3
05/2005
East Houston


Edison Middle
School Doorways
Part. 2
12/2004
East Houston


Edison Middle
School Spark Park
12/2004
East Houston


Port of Houston Mosaic mural
11/2004
East Houston


Cultures of our World
Lee HS, Southwest
9/2004
SW Houston


Learn, Educate, Graduate ALTA Charter School
8/2004
East Houston


Harlem Elementary
Spark Park
5/2004
Baytown Texas

METRO Light Rail Station Design,
Fannin South Park & Ride
1/2004
South Central

Greenspoint Banner Project: Greenspoint
11/2003
North Houston

Doorways to the Future 6901 Ave I Southeast
6/2003
East Houston

Project Grow Fifth Ward
5/2003
East Houston

Garcia Mosaic Project 9550 Aldine-Westfield
5/2003
Northeast Houston

"VERB: It’s What You Do" Aims to Spark "Activity Movement"
5/2003
Among Kids City-wide

Patrick Henry Middle School Mural Project,
10702
E. Hardy. Northeast

Marshall Middle School Mural Project,
1/2003
1115 Noble St. Near Northside

Yo Houston: 5th Ward Mural Project,
1,2003
Northside

Chevron Texaco,
9/2002,
1111 Bagby St. Downtown

Read to Succeed, , Aldine Branch Library,
8/2002
11331 Airline Dr. Greenspoint

True Glory, , South Post Oak Baptist Church,
7/2002
13950 Hillcroft. Southwest

Phillis Wheatley Mural Project,
5/2002
4900 Market. Fifth Ward

Self-Discovery, , Depelchin Children's Center,
4/2002
100 Sandman
Memorial/Heights

World Is In Our Hands, , Jeff Davis High School,
12/2001
1101 Quitman.
Near Northside

MOCAH Movement Mural Project, , Deluxe Theater,
6/2001
3305 Lyons Ave.
Fifth Ward

Soaring to New Heights Mural Project, , Harvard Elementary School,
5/2001
810 Harvard
Heights

Stovall Middle School SPARK Park, , Stovall Middle School,
4/2001
11201 Airline Dr.
Greenspoint


Rogers Elementary School SPARK Park


Scarborough Elem. School SPARK Park

Fruits of 5th Ward Mural Project, , Lyons Village,
11/2000
3300 Lyons Ave.
Fifth Ward

El Centro De Corazon Mural Project, El Centro De Corazon,
7/2000,
5001 Navigation St.
East End

Mickey Leland Memorial Park,
6/2000
3501 Cavalcade
Kashmere Gardens

Sky's the Limit Mural Project,
5/2000
North Main St. @ Quitman
North Main

E.O. Smith Middle School SPARK Park,
4/2000,
1701 Bringhurst St.
Fifth Ward

U of H Graduate School of Social Work Mural,
1/2000
U of H Central Campus
Third Ward

SHAPE Mural Project, 8/1999
SHAPE Community
Center, Live Oak
Third Ward

Collective Mural Project, , Community Artists Collective,
8/1999
1501 Elgin Ave.
Midtown


Freedmen's Town Mural Project, , Gregory Lincoln Elementary School,
7/1999
1011 Taft St.
Fourth Ward


E.O. Smith Middle School SPARK Park


Carnegie Elementary School SPARK Park


Lockhart Elementary School SPARK Park

Moody Park Mural Project, , Moody Park,
5/1998
3701 Fulton St.
Near Northside

Texas Children’s Hospital, , Feigin Cancer Center,
1/1998
6621 Fannin St.
Medical Center