{"id":123949,"date":"2025-10-13T09:44:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T08:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/?p=123949"},"modified":"2025-10-14T09:47:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:47:02","slug":"echoes-of-the-hill-by-studio-zewde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/echoes-of-the-hill-by-studio-zewde\/","title":{"rendered":"Echoes of the Hill by Studio Zewde"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Framing pasts, presents, and futures<\/h2>\n<p>While 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of the Mill Race Park designed by MVVA and Stanley Saitowitz, this milestone inspired Studio Zewde to explore the deep history of the site\u2014from indigenous landscape technologies, to the River Rats, to the Mill Race Monster, and beyond. Studio Zewde also asked the Columbus community their favorite stories, favorite spots, and imagined futures for Mill Race Park. What emerged was a strong relationship to landmarks such as the hill, the pond, the trails, and the follies, while other spaces represented possibilities for future programs.<\/p>\n<p>As such, Studio Zewde\u2019s Exhibit Columbus installation engages the interface between one of these beloved landmarks\u2014the hill\u2014and one of these spaces of opportunity\u2014the field.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-123949 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MLP_2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_069-Image-Credit-Hadley-Fruits.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1270\" height=\"846\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MLP_2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_069-Image-Credit-Hadley-Fruits-1270x846.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MLP_2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_069-Image-Credit-Hadley-Fruits-1270x846.jpg 1270w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MLP_2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_069-Image-Credit-Hadley-Fruits-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MLP_2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_069-Image-Credit-Hadley-Fruits-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MLP_2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_069-Image-Credit-Hadley-Fruits-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MLP_2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_069-Image-Credit-Hadley-Fruits.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1270px) 100vw, 1270px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1270\" height=\"846\" src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MLP_2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_069-Image-Credit-Hadley-Fruits-1270x846.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MLP_2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_069-Image-Credit-Hadley-Fruits-1270x846.jpg 1270w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MLP_2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_069-Image-Credit-Hadley-Fruits-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MLP_2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_069-Image-Credit-Hadley-Fruits-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MLP_2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_069-Image-Credit-Hadley-Fruits-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MLP_2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_069-Image-Credit-Hadley-Fruits.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1270px) 100vw, 1270px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_001.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1270\" height=\"909\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_001-1270x909.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_001-1270x909.jpg 1270w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_001-630x451.jpg 630w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_001-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_001-1536x1100.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_001.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1270px) 100vw, 1270px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1270\" height=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_001-1270x909.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_001-1270x909.jpg 1270w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_001-630x451.jpg 630w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_001-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_001-1536x1100.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_001.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1270px) 100vw, 1270px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In the dedication ceremony 30 years ago, Michael Van Valkenburgh made explicit reference to the hill\u2019s form echoing the mound building traditions indigenous to this land. Studio Zewde\u2019s installation is an amplification of this echo: a mirrored form of the iconic hill, created through a series of red frames, on the north side of the amphitheater. The mirroring in effect makes the mound\u2019s circle complete, suggesting a civic round for gathering. Moreover, as a hollow form, the interior of the frames can be activated by events or everyday life, while offering a festive backdrop to the open lawn. In so doing, the installation presents a literal and metaphorical \u201cframe\u201d on the pasts, presents, and futures of this land, while invoking its possibilities.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-123949 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_009.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_009-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_009-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_059.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_059-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_059-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_065.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_065-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-EOTH-Zewde_065-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_005.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_005-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2023-EC-MP-Echoes-of-the-Hill-Zewde_005-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anderson-Mound.jpeg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anderson-Mound-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anderson-Mound-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pages-from-230224-February-Community-Presentation_Page_1.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pages-from-230224-February-Community-Presentation_Page_1-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pages-from-230224-February-Community-Presentation_Page_1-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2>Project Data<\/h2>\n<p>Landscape Design: <a href=\"https:\/\/studio-zewde.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Studio Zewde<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Location: Columbus, Indiana<\/p>\n<p>J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize Presented by Deer Crossing Fund<br \/>\nFabrication Supporters: Vinc Math, Silman, Brose Partington Studio, Vince Rubio, City of Columbus Parks of Public Works<\/p>\n<p>Additional Credits: Volunteers from the community, Cummins, and Toyota. Indiana University Students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Framing pasts, presents, and futures While 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of the Mill Race Park designed by MVVA and Stanley Saitowitz, this milestone inspired Studio Zewde to explore the deep history of the site\u2014from indigenous landscape technologies, to the River Rats, to the Mill Race Monster, and beyond. Studio Zewde also asked the Columbus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":123959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2268,996,218,189],"tags":[3322],"collection":[],"firm":[],"university":[],"manufacturer":[],"photographer":[],"product":[],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-123949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2268","category-indiana","category-temporary-installations","category-usa","tag-studio-zewde"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"Echoes of the Hill","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2025-11-06 09:17:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123949"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126453,"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123949\/revisions\/126453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123949"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=123949"},{"taxonomy":"firm","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/firm?post=123949"},{"taxonomy":"university","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/university?post=123949"},{"taxonomy":"manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manufacturer?post=123949"},{"taxonomy":"photographer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/photographer?post=123949"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=123949"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landezine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=123949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}