On the Fence
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The Cor-ten steel fence, by architect and artist Mikyoung Kim, encloses a three-acre site in Massachusetts.Photo by: Charles Mayer -
The snaking structure doesn’t merely copy the surrounding landscape; instead, it employs a layering of elemental forms found more often in musical compositions.Photo by: Charles Mayer -
Kim’s use of a few stark steel pieces creates a fence at once simple and complex, transparent and opaque.Photo by: Charles Mayer
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