Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Tripillar light display


A Tripillar light display. The Roundabout needs something that is iconic and announces the entrance to Downtown Branson. It is a town of three's: tricounty, trilake, and trizoned (Landing, Downtown, the Strip). This, in my opinion, demands a trinitarian design. Branson is also a beacon of entertainment and southern culture amidst the beautiful Ozark Mountains. It only seem natural that the roundabout would be the location of three light pillars whose light emits into the night sky signaling the way to Branson. The pillars would be three different sizes giving the sculpture a sense of dynamism as one drives around it. I would imagine them to be pure white light, but after walking around the landing, and noticing that Branson likes lights that change colors, that could happen too, I guess.
Pictures (design of the top right with the effect of the top left)


- From Drew F

Monster in the Middle

Hotwheels. Lets make this roundabout serious. No more of this, "Hey it's a circle intersection! Sooo neat" crap. There needs to be a ramp for those wanting to continue from Hollister to Lakeshore Drive unimpeded. They ramp over the roundabout to the other side. Easy, right? WRONG! There is a monster in the middle of the roundabout trying to crush the cars in midair. Maybe a car-eating cyborg or a volcano monster like the Hotwheels playsets. Or, to ascribe to Branson's Biblical sympathies, a Behemoth or the Beast of the Apocolypse (see above). This could be epic...I'm looking at you Branson.



- From D. Fitz

Friday, January 7, 2011

Pretty Big Sick Fountain Clock Tower

Well, there is going to be a like 15 feet tall clock tower made out of brown brick and stuff. Fountains will surround the clock tower and shoot out over the cars as they drive around the roundabout. Same concept as shown in the picture below. The fountains that will shoot over the cars will be neon colored at night time.



- The soon to be foursquare mayor of the Branson Roundabout