Spend the afternoon on the beautiful UC San Diego campus exploring some of the sculptures that comprise the Stuart Collection. The collection features site-specific commissions by leading artists of our time—each conceived not as an object in isolation, but as an integral part of its architectural and environmental context.
Unlike a traditional sculpture garden, many works from the Stuart Collection are embedded within buildings and the landscape, challenging conventional boundaries. As you move through the campus, you’ll encounter installations that engage structure, materiality, and scale—transforming everyday paths into moments of discovery.
This tour offers architects a unique lens on how public art can be commissioned and integrated into the built environment, specifically campus planning and capital projects.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the role of site-specific public art and how to integrate it into the built environment rather than traditional museum settings.
- Examine commissioning, governance, and lifecycle considerations that support delivery and stewardship of permanent public art.
- Evaluate the relationship between art, audience, and daily experience and how user experience influences perception, engagement, and accessibility.
- Assess interdisciplinary collaboration models, including collaboration between artists, architects, engineers, fabricators, and stakeholders.