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Essential Tree is a 14.5-metre faceted sculpture by realities:united (brothers Jan and Tim Edler) at the northwest corner of Rogers Place in Edmonton's ICE District. ICE District describes it as placed in the same planter as real ash trees.
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Essential Tree
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Site-level location · 53.5468° N, 113.4978° W
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ICE District describes a tall, faceted tree in the northwest plaza of Rogers Place, the arena in Edmonton's ICE District, placed in the same planter as real ash trees. The sculpture is called Essential Tree.
ICE District credits it to realities:united, a duo of brothers, Jan and Tim Edler. The Rogers Place public art page describes it as a "14.5 metre tall, faceted sculpture", and ICE District gives the same height. ICE District says it is "meant to represent the abstract form used by architects in their model designs". ICE District's page says the real ash trees will take 60 years to reach the scale of the 14.5 metre sculpture: "Only after 60 years will the real ash trees reach the scale of this 14.5 metre tall sculpture."
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In the northwest plaza at Rogers Place, the arena in the ICE District, Edmonton. The arena's address is 10220 104 Avenue NW; the Rogers Place page names the artwork's location as the Northwest Plaza.
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Outdoor plaza artwork beside the arena. ICE District's page tells visitors to "Stand under" it; hours and any access conditions are not stated in the sources read.
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