Atlantic Journey at the

Logan Airport

The Atlantic Journey won both a 1999 National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association Honor Award and 1999 International Masonry Institute Golden Trowel Award.  Artist Jane Goldman design takes travelers from the sandy beaches to the depths of the Atlantic waters surrounding Boston. The artist worked with marine biologists to ensure the accuracy of the indigenous sea creates depicted.  At 35,000 square feet “Atlantic Journey” Boston’s Logan Airport is the largest installation of public art in New England. The artist chose Terrazzo to bring her sea-creatures to life due the flexibility it gave her design and color choice.  The artist began by selecting an eight-shade palette to represent progressively darker and deeper seawater.  Liberal seeding with Mother of Pearl and Milky White synthetic aggregate was used to simulate whitecaps at color transitions.  42 colors of Terrazzo were used to create 4 different species of Atlantic marine life, from blue whales and giant squid to lobsters and schools of pollack.

Granoff Music Center at

Tuft University

The Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center at Tufts University in Massachusetts is a bright and modern new home for the university’s Music Department.   The Architects chose Terrazzo for this installation because of its long, beautiful life and flexible design options.  The curvilinear design did not lend itself to ceramic tile and the Architects’ believed that carpeting would fade over time in this naturally lit space.  Terrazzo was, therefore, the most attractive and logical choice.  The graceful, curving lines of the 4-color epoxy Terrazzo floor in the lobby were, according to the Architect, inspired by the geometric schematic of a violin.  Each custom chip blend includes a small percentage of mother of pearl aggregate which, along with the building’s glass curtainwall, provides maximum sparkle at a minimal cost.

the DePaoli Mosaic Company

Artistic & Creative Services

DePaoli Mosaic has a long history of collaboration with local and internationally recognized artists.  Here are three of our favorite artist collaborations.  

Sol LeWitt’s “Bars of

Color Within Squares” at

the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology

The floors in MIT’s Green Center are based on drawings Sol LeWitt first conceptualized in 2002.  The Green Center commission was awarded to LeWitt in April of 2005 and DePaoli began work on the floor just after LeWitt’s death in the spring of 2007.  Here, “Bars of Color within Squares” reproduces 15 of the original 18 designs.  The order of squares is so random the artist gave installers free reign in the arrangement of the squares. Each square of the mural is 18 feet, lined up the 5,500 square foot atrium.  The geometric configuration inside each square only uses four of the six primary and secondary colors.  The colors of the first two interior bands of its frame are determined by which two of the six colors are missing.  Each square is then bound in white and suspended in a field of gray.  The eight epoxy colors use 100% glass chips.