Redwood Square. Sunnyvale. California

The square is part of the Cityline block, a 36-acre site bounded by South Mathilda and Sunnyvale Avenues and Washington and Iowa Avenues that includes The Martin, which has 479-luxury apartment units housed in a 12-story high building and two seven-story office spaces. 

The grove of existing heritage redwood trees becomes the centerpiece of this 1.5-acre public park, designed to breathe new life into downtown Sunnyvale. Spaces for children to play, a lawn, events and performances radiate from the grove while cafes, restaurants, and bars line the edges of the park to animate it with civic life. In the plaza, a digital water curtain animates the park during both the night and day with continuous patterns and graphics. The water curtain is a dynamic, sustainable, and water-wise icon for the center of Silicon Valley.

Placed at the outdoor plaza, inside an elegantly designed catch basin profiled by corten steel, there is an awesome digital water curtain Gateway, an iconic architecture element to bring freshness and relaxation into this mix-used environment. The digital waterfall weaves elaborated water patterns dynamically changing in flowing sequences, creating in this way an innovative 21^st century water architecture feature with state-of-the-art technology.