Wiggle Walls is Chris Mercier’s public art treatment designed for the community of toddlers, their parents and teachers. Mercier defined and enhanced the entrance to the Rogers Park Community Center Preschool Program by combining visual art with urban planning. His experiential hardscape unites two low, curved walls and oversized curbs with primary colors and shaped graphics.

Wiggle Walls defines the toddlers’ outdoor play space and sensitively incorporates the heritage graffiti, painted with permission, by an unnamed youth. This artwork compliments Pathways to Success, the 2015 three dimensional mural co-designed by Mercier, artist and educator Adwin David Brown and area teens.

Christopher Mercier is an Inglewood artist and architect working simultaneously in fine art and architecture. Investigating pictorial and 3-dimensional space in abstract painting, sculpture and architecture, he has been honored with solo and group art exhibits across southern California.

Mercier opened his architectural practice Form, Environment and Research (fer) in Inglewood in 2002 and builds local and international culture. Originally from Michigan, Mercier earned architecture degrees at Lawrence University and SCI-ARC. He studied in Milan, Italy under Daniel Libeskind and worked as a senior associate and project architect for Gehry Partners Partners LLP for nine years before opening his office.

Date: 2016
Collection: City of Inglewood Permanent Public Art Projects
Medium: Public Art Treatment
Material: Mural and Urban Design
Size: 3.5’h x 20’ x 30’

Location:
Rogers Park Community Center
400 West Beech Avenue
Inglewood, California 90302