Architectural projects.
St. Pancras Station "Quiet Room"
A space for personal reflection:
"The pair of large, back-lit sub-divided glass panels will be mounted on opposite facing walls - one side representing the sun the other the moon. Using state of the art LED video technology the lighting will change throughout the day as the sun and moon travel on their respective cycles, creating a constantly changing, calming, light installation.
The individual kiln-formed glass panels with their bold diagonal texture will catch and refract the constantly changing light creating a continually shifting canvas, projecting ambient light into the room. The diagonal marks in the glass evoke different imagery, maybe of streaking rain, or the hazy skyline which is so much a part of life in a city like London. The physical structure of the piece will give the impression of two large windows looking out over an abstract cityscape.
My intention is to create an all-inclusive, atmospheric experience, presenting the visitor / traveller with the sense of being in a much larger, esoteric environment. Simply by entering the room, there will be a transition from chaos to calm."
(Dimensions of each light-box 2m x 1.8m t.b.c.)
Production of the piece has been postponed due to internal reasons at the station, but I hope to move forwards in the near future.
To see an animated video visualisation click here
Norwich Cathedral, Hostry Project
This design was produced in response to a brief for a dividing wall for the new extension at Norwich Cathdral. The wall is within a new education centre and in order to adhere to child protection legislation needs to provide an element of privacy while still letting light through.
To acheive this effect double-glazed panels would be filled with thousands of clear and green acrylic spheres to distort the view through to the space behind. An additional option would be to mount LED strips around the edges of the panels which could be on a colour-phase to bounce the light through the spheres.
The design on the doors would probably be a screen-print and the top panels would be acid-etched to achieve the gradation in colour.
Another idea I am exploring is related to the Brownian theory of motion (or particle theory) which could mean that by using differing sizes of sphere of the same density, it would be possible to create a time-based piece where the different coloured layers could shift over a long period. With natural or deliberate vibration, the smaller spheres would gradually work their way to the bottom and the larger to the top.
The Architects have since decided to go for an alternative approach to this space, and are now using wooden louvres! I hope however to employ this technique in another location.
Glass Wine Rack. Private residence, London.
for Andrew Moor Associates. UV bonded low-iron float glass.
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