Sculpture for Corporate Campuses

Corporate commissions are usually driven by an architect with a coherent material palette and a client who wants the piece to mean something without being literal. Abstract work dominates for that reason. The practical constraints are glare, wayfinding and events. Glare is real and underestimated: a mirror-polished piece in a glazed courtyard can throw specular reflection into offices for an hour a day, and we run a sun-path study before recommending any polished finish in that condition. Wayfinding is an opportunity — a piece at the centre of an arrival courtyard becomes the address everyone gives, which is worth more to the client than an artistic statement. Events matter because campuses use their courtyards, so the piece needs a clear zone around it and should photograph well as a backdrop rather than dominating the frame. Approval chains are shorter than in civic work but design review is more demanding, and we expect to present shadow studies, verified views and physical samples rather than renders alone.