Echo Gate, Copper sculpture at Eastbank Esplanade in Portland, US

Echo Gate is a copper sculpture installed in 2001 under the Morrison Bridge on the Eastbank Esplanade, designed by Ean Eldred with the firm Rigga. It measures 13 by 9 by 7 feet and takes the form of an abstract gateway: a round opening within a folded rectangle, oriented toward both the pathway and the river.

Echo Gate was designed by Ean Eldred with the architectural firm Rigga and installed under the Morrison Bridge in 2001. Funding came through the City of Portland Development Commission's Percent for Art program, and the piece belongs to the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection, administered by the Regional Arts & Culture Council. It is one of four Rigga works along the Eastbank Esplanade.

The sculpture references historical pier buildings and tunnels from Shanghai while connecting to Portland's waterfront character. Visitors can experience this cross-cultural link through the work's design and how it sits within the local landscape.

The sculpture sits beneath Morrison Bridge with clear sightlines for people walking and cycling on the Eastbank Esplanade path. You can easily approach it from multiple points along the waterfront pathway.

Echo Gate is one of four works by Rigga along the Eastbank Esplanade; the others are Alluvial Wall by Peter Nylen, Ghost Ship by James Harrison and Stack Stalk by Ean Eldred. The Regional Arts & Culture Council describes the piece as a hybrid echoing past pier buildings, the Shanghai tunnels and marine barnacles.