Client: City of Santa Clarita
Location: Central Park, Santa Clarita, California, USA
Opened: 2025
Key Team Members: Steven Young, Steeve Vajk, Max Okst, Lisa Passamonte Green
Photographer: David Green
Description: The City of Santa Clarita, a bedroom community suburb north of Los Angeles, wanted to make an artistic statement in the middle of its largest community park, Central Park. Senior Engineer for the City, Alan Stump, wanted to bring an impression of water to the park, and he wanted to tie it together with a newly commissioned sculpture by New York artist Sujin Lim, “When a Cloud Met a Cloud.” The project was done with the support of the Santa Clarita Water district. Visual Terrain developed a show that tells the story of water in five acts. From raindrops to thunderstorms, all the way to evaporation, the cycle of water in nature is celebrated. The result is “River of Lights,” an ever-changing, twinkling “river” of 172 lights, embedded into the ground and in posts along the stairs.
Owner: City of Santa Clarita
Awards: APWA High Desert Branch award for Innovative Design of the Year