UNC WILMINGTON Campus information: 910/962-3000 Location Physical Science Building Artist Thomas Sayre Biography Sayre is a co-founder of Clearscapes, a design firm that has combined architecture and art to create numerous commissions. Some of his projects include works for the North Carolina School of Math and Science, Durham, NC; Needham Broughton High School, Raleigh, NC and the Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, GA. Title, date Khan's Garden, 1997 Artwork, media Pigmented concrete, stainless steel, wood and terrazzo

Project Description Khan's Garden is an outdoor room or pocket park interpreting the poem "Kubla Khan" by the 19th century English Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The poem is a metaphor for the creative process: one can create something by imagining it. Described in the poem is a "pleasure dome" that is implied in the garden as an imaginary ice sphere 80 feet in diameter that rests on the circular black and stainless steel ring on one of the elements in the garden. The cyprus pilings indicate the outer edges of the sphere. The walkway is a river also mentioned in the poem. Coastal references are made with the use of seagrass and sod plant material from the area. Sayre also incorporated symbols suggested by the faculty and staff into his work. Pre-selection panel Dr. James Leutze, Chancellor, UNC-Wilmington; William G. Faris, architect, Jeffries and Faris Associates; Reynolds Brown, director, St. John's Museum of Art; Dr. Andrew Hayes, associate professor, Department of Specialty Studies, UNC-Wilmington; Dr. Anthony Janson, associate professor, Department of Fine Arts, UNC-Wilmington; ex-officio: David Girardot, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs-Facilities, UNC-Wilmington