The Wheels of Change (2003)
Chusien Chang
DESCRIPTION: Station art consisting of several components:
The 16-foot diameter pavement medallion on the station's mezzanine level shows Chinese characters for 64 states of human situations, based on the 3,000 year old Chinese book of I Ching (in English, the Book of Changes).
At the center of the pavement medallion is a glass-encased compass, visible also from below the mezzanine level from the plaza level. The compass pays tribute to the first compasses, made of lodestone, from the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD).
- 16-foot diameter granite-inlay pavement dial with Chinese language characters and compass
- sculptural painted metal seating
- granite pavers
- Chinese bell supported by two carved stone columns
The 16-foot diameter pavement medallion on the station's mezzanine level shows Chinese characters for 64 states of human situations, based on the 3,000 year old Chinese book of I Ching (in English, the Book of Changes).
At the center of the pavement medallion is a glass-encased compass, visible also from below the mezzanine level from the plaza level. The compass pays tribute to the first compasses, made of lodestone, from the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD).
LOCATION: station-level plaza, mezzanine-level plaza, and street-level areas (both north and south entrances), Chinatown Station, Metro A Line (Blue), 901 N. Spring Street, Chinatown, Los Angeles, California, USA
MEZZANINE LEVEL:
MEZZANINE LEVEL, PAVEMENT MEDALLION DETAIL;
STREET LEVEL:
STREET LEVEL, SCULPTURAL SEATING:
STREET LEVEL, CHINESE BELL:
