Deb and I have been working on a rather large scale project for the last 6 months. this is a new science and maths building that one of the local universities are building. it is well underway and due to open next year.
deb and i were invited to look at the building and come up with some ideas for public artwork within the building. one of the main concepts of the building is connecting the various levels through these voids within the building. we decided to take this concept already built into the building and expand on it, or try and highlight it.
our idea is simple, we want to use mirrors positioned in the building to create a site line through the building so that when you walk towards to the building you can see through the building and outside to the sky on the to floor.
we have been working with a scale model of the building but just the other week deb and i got to go on site with some large 1200 x 2400 perspex mirrors and try and test out our idea.
we had 2 scissor lifts and 4 mirrors, and about 10 guys from the construction site lending a hand.
we got to wear our custom CHEB safety gear
this is the scissor lift on the ground floor with a mirror positioned so that it looks up through the building to the other scissor lift and mirror on the other side (35 meters away)
this is the location of the first mirror, and it is hard to see but it is possible to see the guy in the scissor lift in the mirror in this photo, and in real i life i could see all the way to mirror 4.
this is the main entrance, that give you a sense of scale of the building.
the good news is that it worked, on our model and in the real building. there are still some issues to sort out, like the size of the image we are reflecting down, and what size of mirrors we can use in the building. We also need to consider the reflection of the mirrors and sunlight, we don't want to cause any dramas.
the next step is finalising sizes and then starting on designing hanging brackets and engineering for the units.
2 comments:
Neat!
wow! thats a huge project, congratulations. i can't even get my head around how big of a scale this project must be, well done! xx (ps I'm headed to adelaide in a couple of weeks, catch up for a beer??)xx
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