Open Columns

Patrick Marold, 2025

The column you see here is one of three planned for the landscape between the garage and terminal. Each column ranges between twenty and forty feet. People can enter the columns and cast their gaze to the sky, viewing the interplay between reflective bands that dissolve into the atmosphere. The enveloping structures augment the perception of the immediate surroundings and conditions. They merge the experience of the airport and sky.

Collectively, they complement the varying perspectives and approaches of travelers, while referencing distinctive colors, forms, and textures of the region’s landscape. They draw on Pittsburgh’s historic and contemporary leadership in manufacturing, construction, and technology.
 

Materials: Corten Steel, Stainless Steel
Location: Outdoors, Between Car Rentals Building and Terminal Lot
Type: Sculpture

Pittsburgh’s transformed airport is designed to connect with the local and regional community. The Art in the Airport program features 15 artists in 30 campus locations that help to shape a sense of the city.

Photo courtesy of Renee Piechocki

About the Artist

Patrick Marold has worked to bind the physical environment with our sense of orientation for over two decades. Since earning a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, his artistic development has maintained an intimate connection to landscape. He has completed numerous public commissions including a seven-acre installation, Shadow Array, at Denver International Airport and the sky and sound work, Solar Drones, located in Canada’s National Music Centre. Marold maintains a studio in Colorado.

Photo courtesy of Renee Piechocki