DESIGN NAME: Cellular
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Architectural Glass Windows
INSPIRATION: The interaction of color, transparency, and light is the greatest inspiration behind this design. The constant shift of light throughout the day creates new landscapes of color splashes throughout the space. Never the same, always changing and breathing, not unlike ourselves. The make up of many circles clustered together also acts as representation of cellular make-up. A perfect design for this university Healthcare facility.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Hand-blown glass rondels fabricated into brass-reinforced leaded panels. The 36 panels are retro-fitted into commercial aluminum framing, utilizing lock-in sashes that make for easy access to each individual panel. These panels are located within the vestibule and the vertical window of this brand new healthcare center.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Sunlight throughout the day makes this piece live and breath within the walls of the space. Secondary color splashes occur in different areas as time passes each day. The ambient glow from within the building sends a beacon of color and design into the surrounding area through the dark hours.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: This project took 9 months from concept to realization and will remain in the building as long as the building is in existence.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Hand-blown Glass, Brass re-inforced lead, Zinc U-channel, aluminum retro sashes, rubber seal sets
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 45 square meters
TAGS: Architectural glass natural light color
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: A contemporary take on stained glass.
CHALLENGE: Each piece of blown glass is unique and must all fit together to work together as one piece.
ADDED DATE: 2020-12-26 13:56:13
TEAM MEMBERS (1) : No partners, but the employees of Monarch Glass Studio all helped to realize and install the work.
IMAGE CREDITS: All Photographs taken by Hattie O'Dell
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