Water detention is becoming increasingly important as our changing climate produces more intense winter storms and periods of summer drought. Yet, detention faculties can be attractive and contribute to the enjoyment and enrichment of our everyday life. Community benefits can exceed those provided solely through holding water. Here is one example designed by Herbert Bayer.
Herbert Bayer survived the Austro-Hungarian Empire studied at the Bauhaus, art-directed Vogue in Weimar Germany, and was included I the Nazis’ notorious 1037 “Degenerate Art” exhibit before fleeing to the US. And today part of his legacy resides in Kent. One of his last endeavors was designing the 1982 Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks, a stormwater containment project sited in a ravine just east of downtown Kent. For more information go to: http://www.ci.kent.wa.us/arts/page.aspx?id=2152
