The Art-in-Architecture Program of the Capital Development Board is pleased to announce a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to Illinois professional artists to create permanent original public art for the Illinois Department of Transportation Farmland Rest Areas in Farmers City, Illinois (DeWitt County). The Farmland Rest Areas serve eastbound and westbound Interstate 74 at mile marker 156. Built in 1995, the rest areas are each 4,820 square foot, one-story buildings consisting of three cylinders (pods) 38’ in diameter and approximately 13’ in height to mimic the look of grain silos. The pods are spaced 74’-1” apart in a triangular configuration. Visitors are welcomed through three entry vestibules connected to the triangular lobby at their center. Amenities at the rest areas include the women’s restrooms housed in one pod, the men’s restrooms housed in a second pod, and a vending area and mechanical space housed in the third pod. The artwork site at each rest area is highly visible located at the center of the lobby atop a custom, three-sided bench. Reference pages 7-9 for building plans and renderings.
