TETRAS - Abu Dhabi, UAE with Artist Ann Preston
A Sculpural Artwork Using Aperiodic 3-D Tiling Patterns to Create a Pavilion, Plaza and 6MW of Solar Field
Mathematical and visual principles that evoke the long, Middle-Eastern tradition of architectural tiling patterns are central to this project. The central building structure, which is the hub of an expanded, three-dimensional tiling pattern, is a sculptural artwork composed of a combination of transparent, translucent and opaque solar cells. This building is an open-air pavilion and is formed from just four tetrahedral blocks in different generations of scale. The two- and three-dimensional patterns generated by the assembly of these tetrahedral elements begin in a single inscribed plaque in the building’s entrance and expand outward to fill the entire site: first to form the Pavilion itself and eventually to encompass a multi-use outdoor plaza and gardens and more than 500,000 square feet of solar generator fields. The ultimate goal is to make solar energy plants beautiful.
http://landartgenerator.org/blagi/archives/1043
Mathematical and visual principles that evoke the long, Middle-Eastern tradition of architectural tiling patterns are central to this project. The central building structure, which is the hub of an expanded, three-dimensional tiling pattern, is a sculptural artwork composed of a combination of transparent, translucent and opaque solar cells. This building is an open-air pavilion and is formed from just four tetrahedral blocks in different generations of scale. The two- and three-dimensional patterns generated by the assembly of these tetrahedral elements begin in a single inscribed plaque in the building’s entrance and expand outward to fill the entire site: first to form the Pavilion itself and eventually to encompass a multi-use outdoor plaza and gardens and more than 500,000 square feet of solar generator fields. The ultimate goal is to make solar energy plants beautiful.
http://landartgenerator.org/blagi/archives/1043
YOUR MOVE - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Daniel J. Martinez and Renee Petropoulos
THIS ISA NICE NEIGHBORHOOD - San Franciscio, CA with Daniel J. Martinez and Renee Petropoulos
Located two blocks south of Market Street, the site is the space between two Convention Centers – six lanes of traffic, with two sets of three lane bus and taxi drop-off areas. To unify the site both visually and conceptually the entire block of Howard Street is addressed to create a sense of gateway, of arrival and welcome; effecting the x, y and z coordinates as well as the 4th dimension: time of day. Four Word Bridges span from one sidewalk to the other defining three outdoor ‘street’ volumes, during the day the dominant words are in English as three story sculptures, at night neon floats in Chinese in one direction and Spanish in the other. Five Continent/Earth Poles give verticality while responding to existing flag poles and enhancing the central volume between the two Convention Centers. Enlarged Street Stripping changes the proportion of the street at the pedestrian/vehicular level to a more human scale while at the same time causes the entire blacktop to graphically pop-up between intersections as viewed from the surrounding hotel and office skyscrapers. Hundreds of multi-lingual Text Phases embedded in the sidewalks in 3" high letters reflect facts about the city interspersed with interior/private thoughts which speak directly to the individual pedestrian at the most intimate level: one on one. Forty foot high Roman Cypress Trees give verticality, softness and regality to the entire length of the block.
http://articles.latimes.com/1991-08-09/entertainment/ca-284_1_public-art-project
http://articles.latimes.com/1991-08-09/entertainment/ca-284_1_public-art-project