Fountaineer
Fountaineer is a portmanteau of "Fountain" and "Engineer" – Hydraulic engineer.
Fountaineer describes one who designs, explores, or is passionate about fountains and their design, operation, and use.
Fountaineers[]
Notable fountaineers include:
- André Le Nôtre: Gardens of Versailles; others.
- Lawrence Halprin: Keller Fountain Park; Freeway Park; Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial; others.
- Dan Euser: Dundas Square; proposed World Trade Center memorial fountains [world's largest human-made waterfall]
- Jeff Chapman: fountaineer-ing as subject.
- Jean Tinguely + Niki de Saint Phalle: Stravinsky Fountain; others..
- WET Design: Fountain of Nations; Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron Park; Fountains of Bellagio; others.
See also[]
- Fountain (Duchamp)
- Fountains in Paris
- List of fountains in Rome
- Category: Fountains
- Category: Outdoor sculptures
References[]
- Liz Clayton "Fountaineer-ing", Spacing, special issue on Water, Summer 2007, pp42–43
- Jeff Chapman, The man behind YIP? and Infiltration zines, urban explorer, and fountaineer.[permanent dead link]
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