The Antelope Valley Reflecting Wall is a proposal by architecture office Min | Day to alter the face of an existing retaining wall in Lincoln, Nebraska and enliven the adjoining land. Min | Day describes the Antelope Valley Reflecting Wall as a new horizon in Lincoln, Nebraska. Although an 18 foot by 1000 foot retaining wall, the structural base of the project, already exists, the area is unimpressive and underused. Min | Day’s additions to the structure and to the space would transform the floodwall and its surroundings into a fresh new urban space for the city and the neighborhood.
Min | Day proposes to activate the site by cladding the existing concrete wall and engaging the adjoining land. The entire surface of the retaining wall would be covered stainless steel to become the Reflecting Wall. Custom stainless-steel tiles would be applied in a Penrose pattern comprised of just two different tile shapes. The Penrose pattern would not repeat in any regular way and recalls both the technological and the natural in its composition.
