The light reflecting off this condo tower into the Nasher Museum’s is burning up the plants in the sculpture garden. It’s blinding the visitors. It’s throwing its ugly glare and unwelcome sun patterns on the work through the perforated ceiling. It’s a malice and it’s getting worse. It’s threatening the art works.
The museum has placed some light blocking panels on the roof and could just “cover” the sculpture garden, but that would defeat the architectural design. Or, the condo could be outfitted with an anti-glare solar shading system, but that would cost a lot of money. So it’s a cultural conflict, really. (Image: John McKee)
It's a sculpture garden… sounds like problem solved! Somebody just needs to design a sculpture that can either help diffuse/block the light, or incorporate it.
It is Light Pollution, plain and simple. If it were a smell or a sound that was emanating from Museum Tower the city would step in a second to stop it. But because it is a reflection of the sun Dallas is afraid to hold the developer culpable. Stop calling it sunlight and call it what it is, Ultra-violet Radiation. It is literally cooking the indoor arboretum and irreplaceable artworks and the nearsighted architect needs to mitigate the problem now that it has come to light (sorry).