four seasons

Client : Seinäjoen Kaupunki
Location : Seinäjoki, Finland
Status : In Progress

Four Seasons is an artwork composed of curved polished stainless steel panels that reflect and distort the landscape in front of them. Designed as a poetic response to the requirement for a new noise barrier along Soukkajoki, the piece takes inspiration from the dramatic seasonal shifts of the surrounding countryside — from winter’s white fields to the greens, florals and deep tones of spring, summer and autumn. As light, weather and vegetation change throughout the year, the artwork transforms into a continually shifting field of colour and texture, like an abstract painting shaped by the environment. The planting in front of the work is arranged to bloom in phases, further emphasising the passage of the seasons. Through its simple form and ever-changing reflections, Four Seasons offers a quiet celebration of nature’s annual cycle.