Flying Saucer Grove

Integrated Art - Plaza design

1998

BankAtlantic Center

Description:
Renowned landscape artist Martha Schwartz, collaborating with architect Ellerbe Becket, designed this enormous 80,000-sq. ft. entry plaza to the arena. Inspired by the green and earth tones of the nearby Everglades, she created a design that enhances the entertainment theme of the arena, home of the Florida Panthers, along with concerts and extravaganza events.

The plaza design encompasses sixteen (16) light poles with canopy, each measuring 25 feet high; fourteen (14) seat planters made of fiberglass resin, 16 feet diameter, with colors mirrored the light canopies;  stripped pattern paving throughout the plaza landscaping.