Illinois
Aurora
The Illinois Math and Science Academy, Contemporary Creative Variation
Design collaboration with Jeff Saward


The Illinois Math and Science Academy was created to help gifted high school students reach their full potential. We wanted to create something special for the students to demonstrate the interaction of both math and science. So we decided to incorporate the Fibonacci sequence or (golden rectangle). Colored pavers were used to create the 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 sequence. Also if you look closely you can see a golden spiral that Marty Kermeen hand carved into the pavers. In addition, as a border around the outside of this beautiful six circuit labyrinth, we used alternating colors of pavers to encode the Fibonacci sequence, in one band of pavers and the prime number sequence in the next.

The pattern of this labyrinth was based on a design found in an eleventh century manuscript from Abingdon, England, where it is described as a plan of the sevenfold heaven.

It was a pleasure collaborating with my friend Jeff Saward on this unique project.

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