University of Wisconsin-Madison Engineering Mall, in front of Engineering Hall Madison Wisconsin 53706
Date:
Installed summer 1994
Notes:
Inventory Staff, 2002.
Summary:
Maquina, the Spanish word for machine, is a fountain sculpture that makes use of water in three forms, as a liquid, a vapor, and a solid. The water in liquid form travels down the base and over several cascades toward a 22 foot high column. Compressed air shoots the water up to the top of the column and down over the sides into a reflecting pool. Sensors located on columns along the sidewalk in front of the sculpture allow visitors to alter the water spay displays. In a lab beneath the Engineering Mall, students can change the lighting and compressed air displays.
