Design Coalition architects collaborated with Tom Lindsay create two major water exhibits for the Madison Children's Museum: the Water Machine and the Water Dome.
The high-profile Water Machine is placed in the entrance lobby because an existing recess in the floor -- originally for sidewalk window displays -- perfectly accommodated the drain basin depth. The laminar jets and the spinning vortex of water create an irresistible attraction, from inside as well as outside the museum.
The Water Dome
A castleated Victorian-esque glass house crafted of CNC-cut structural aluminum and recycled glass. Stand in the center and you are directly under a dome of transparent flowing water.
Water cascades from the glass roof down over 'rain chains' made from old glass electrical insulators into play basins. The central feature is a Mist Bell -- flowing water filled with ultrasonically-created mist.
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