DESIGN NAME: LOTUS DOME
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Interactive Art
INSPIRATION: Lighting products and lighting design
Inspiration: LOTUS is inspired on the Lotus flower which is also opening and closing due to the weather conditions. LOTUS are smart foils which unfolds organically in respons to the heat of visitors’ hand. LOTUS gives a poetic morphing of space and people.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: LOTUS DOME is a living dome made out of hundreds of smart flowers which fold open in response to human behavior. It was placed in Sainte Marie Madeleine Church in Lille LOTUS DOME where it created an interactive play of light and shadow. As a futuristic vision of the Renaissance, LOTUS DOME merges elements of architecture and nature into an interactive environment. LOTUS is also realized as a curved 4 x 2 meters wall.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: LOTUS folds open in response to human behavior.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Travelling Exhibition
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Foils
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: -
TAGS: light, futuristic, art, architecture
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: -
CHALLENGE: -
ADDED DATE: 2018-02-28 21:46:32
TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Team Roosegaarde
IMAGE CREDITS: Photo credits: Studio Roosegaarde
all images can be downloaded here http://gofile.me/3CdC5/eVUqg3Vqb
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