Ed Carpenter’s Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport sculpture Aloft in Wichita, Kansas, soars from one end of the building to the other like an enormous abstract wing. Here is an overall view of the lobby sculpture made of laminated dichroic safety glass, stainless steel cables and hardware, and cellular polycarbonate. | Image 1 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
"Aloft"
Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport suspended sculpture Aloft evokes feelings of ascent and descent, and sensations of the allure of flight. | Image 2 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport suspended sculpture Aloft makes an enormous aerial gesture in the space, springing from points along the architectural grid of the building, interacting with light from the skylight, and enveloping travelers on the escalators and balcony, as it soars from one end of the building to the other like an enormous abstract wing. | Image 3 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport sculpture Aloft delights travelers with colorful laminated dichroic safety glass forming an enormous abstract wing. | Image 4 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
A view of Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport suspended sculpture Aloft from the second level. | Image 5 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport suspended sculpture Aloft under the skylights. | Image 6 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
A colorful close up of Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport suspended sculpture Aloft. | Image 7 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
Experience of the upper level of Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport suspended sculpture Aloft. | Image 8 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
View from the escalator of Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport signature sculpture Aloft delighting travelers with colorful laminated safety dichroic glass above. | Image 9 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport signature sculpture Aloft delights travelers with colorful laminated safety dichroic glass above. | Image 10 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport signature sculpture Aloft delights travelers with colorful laminated safety dichroic glass above as well as producing ever changing color patterns on the walls. | Image 11 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
A different angle to show the detail of Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport signature sculpture Aloft. | Image 12 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport signature sculpture Aloft delights travelers with colorful laminated safety dichroic glass above. | Image 13 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport signature sculpture Aloft delights travelers with colorful laminated safety dichroic glass above. | Image 14 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
Another angle of Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport signature sculpture Aloft reminiscent of a giant abstract wing made up of individual wings of alternating cellular polycarbonate and laminated safety dichroic glass. | Image 15 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
Aloft, Wichita, KS | Image 16 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
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Showing Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport signature sculpture Aloft close up of alternating colorful laminated safety dichroic glass and cellular polycarbonate. | Image 17 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport signature sculpture Aloft cable detail shown in this photo. | Image 18 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport signature sculpture Aloft detail of alternating panels of laminated glass and cellular polycarbonate. | Image 19 | Ed Carpenter, Artist
Ed Carpenter’s Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport signature sculpture Aloft dichroic glass shadow patterns add another element to the experience. | Image 20 | Ed Carpenter, Artist

“Aloft”

“Aloft” evokes feelings of ascent and descent, and sensations of the allure of flight.  It makes an enormous aerial gesture in the space, springing from points along the architectural grid of the building, interacting with light from the skylight, and enveloping travelers on the escalators and balcony, as it soars from one end of the building to the other like an enormous abstract wing.  “Aloft” is composed of a 360 foot long main cable and sixty-five transverse cables supporting alternating panels of laminated glass and cellular polycarbonate.

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"Aloft"

Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport 600' Long, two story high, ticket lobby sculpture

Client: Wichita Airport Authority

Wichita, KS

Date: April 2015

Dimensions: 64’ x 360’ x 25’

Materials: Laminated safety glass, stainless steel cables and hardware, cellular polycarbonate.

  • Art Consultant:  Sonia Greteman, Greteman Group
  • Computer modeling & working drawings:  Curtis Pittman
  • Project administration:  Arleen Daugherty
  • Architect:  HNTB Architecture Inc.
  • Engineering:  KPFF, Portland OR, & Dudley Williams & Associates, Wichita KS
  • General Contractor:  Key/Walbridge
  • Polycarbonate panel fabricator:  Multi-Craft Plastic, Portland, OR
  • Lighting design:  Lightworks, Inc., Weston MO
  • Cables and hardware:  West Coast Wire Rope, Portland, OR
  • Glass fabrication:  Hanns Haefker, and Glass Strategies, Portland OR
  • Tension System Wrangling:  Eagle Environmental Services, LLC, Wichita KS
  • Photos:  Ed Carpenter, Ann Thorvik

Descriptors: Descriptors: Sculpture, site specific sculpture, interior sculpture, interior sculpture suspended, architectural sculpture, architectural art, public art, commissioned art, glass art, art glass, architectural art glass, laminated glass art, suspended sculpture, suspended glass art sculpture, tension sculpture, cable art, cable tension sculpture, art lighting, illuminated art, illuminated sculpture, night lighting art, ceiling sculpture

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