Local high school students who were part of the core team that built an architectural installation for Exhibit Columbus said the project was much more work than they had anticipated, but worth it.
The installation, called DENCITY, is a Stonehenge-esque exhibit featuring 22 individual 8-foot-tall pillars arranged in a 20-foot-wide circle with a live tree at its midpoint.
Each column displays artwork by local high school students, laser cut and engraved on clear acrylic panels. Solar-powered lights were installed below each piece of art to illuminate the artwork, which depicts a student view of what represents Columbus.
Three members of the core team — Maika Shibata, 18, a Columbus North High School senior; Cameryn Kent, 17, a Columbus Signature Academy New Tech senior; and Chase Jones, 16, a Columbus East High School junior — recently reflected on their experience, including what they learned about the design process, construction techniques and how to work together.
“I had never really built off of other people’s ideas before,” Kent said. “We still had to edit our designs so much in the process of building it. I had never designed and built something before. It was just a really long process, and it was interesting to see how much you have to do to actually get something like this done and actually create it.”
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