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Deets: Created by Brooklyn-based design practice Almost Studio, Love’s h|Edge is the winner of the 15th Annual Times Square Love & Design Competition. A playful configuration of four heart-shaped hedge rows encouraging discovery and reflection, Love’s h|Edge invites visitors to journey through hidden pathways, rose-filled trellises, and heart-shaped interior spaces endearingly termed “Pitter-Patios.'' Leveraging the theatricality of landscape design, the maze-like installation becomes a stage for exploration, play, and chance encounters.
Much like Times Square itself, Love’s h|Edge is a dynamic, multi-sensory experience and will evolve over the course of the month. Each day at 1pm, Times Square Arts and Almost Studio will stage a free giveaway of freshly cut roses, and visitors will be invited to “Fill Up the Heart” by adding their flowers to the trellises of the Pitter-Patios as a personal acknowledgement and act of love. Over the span of 28 days, the artificial hedge rows will appear to blossom as the roses accumulate into a living sculpture.
In addition to the scent of the flowers and texture of the hedges, Love’s h|Edge is also programmed with illumination and recorded soundscape, inviting a range of sensory experiences. Generated from ADA-accessible building code dimensions, the technical dimensions of the spaces in Love’s h|Edge are intended to be fundamentally inclusive and embody a sense of expansive compassion.
Hint for the Average Socialite: Free and open to the public. There will be daily rose giveaways at 1PM.
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