Cloud Terrace, a new temporary installation by landscape artists Andy Cao (LF ’11) and Xavier Perrot, recently opened at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C. Clouds sculpted from chicken wire dangle 10,000 loaned Swarovski crystals creating the effect of gathered raindrops over the property’s Arbor Terrace. John Beardsley, Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture at the GSD and Director of Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, says temporary installations “breathe new life into these landscapes,” which are “living works” no matter how historic. The commission developed from Cao’s visit to the institute as a Loeb fellow in 2011.
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington DC is an institute of Harvard University dedicated to supporting scholarship internationally in Byzantine, Garden and Landscape, and Pre-Columbian studies through fellowships, meetings, exhibitions, and publications. GSD Design Critic in Urban Planning and Design, Ana Gelabert-Sanchez (LF ’11) is also on the Cao | Perrot team as Planning & Urban Design Director.