Fountaineer

Fountaineer is a portmanteau of "Fountain" and "Engineer" - Hydraulic engineer.

Fountaineer describes one who designs, explores, or is passionate about fountains and their design, operation, and use.

Fountaineers

Notable fountaineers include:

• André Le Nôtre: Gardens of Versailles; others.
• Lawrence Halprin: Keller Fountain Park; Freeway Park; Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial; others.
• Dan Euser: Dundas Square; propsed World Trade Center memorial fountains [world's largest human-made waterfall]
• Jeff Chapman: fountaineering as subject.
• Jean Tinguely + Niki de Saint Phalle: Stravinsky Fountain; others..
• WET Design: Fountain of Nations; Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron Park; Fountains of Bellagio; others.

See also

• Fountains
• Fountain (Duchamp)
• Fountains in Paris
• List of fountains in Rome
• Category: Fountains
• Category: Outdoor sculptures

References

• Liz Clayton "Fountaineering", Spacing, special issue on Water, Summer 2007, pp42-43

• Jeff Chapman, The man behind YIP? and Infiltration zines, urban explorer, and fountaineer.