Sumit Singhal Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.
Lightsails in Carinthia, Austria by Söhne & Partner Architekten
May 9th, 2012 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Söhne & Partner Architekten
Lightsails as guiding symbols for the exhibition around the Millstaetter lake, Austria. The lighthouse is used as a metaphor to guide the visitors around the different exhibitions. Nowadays the lighthouse is used as a symbol of holidays, sea, adventure and water.
Fights / Control System: Fa. Friendlyhouse, Wien, Hr. Paar
Photographer: Gisela Erlacher
Structural engineer: Werkraum Wien
Software used: AutoCAD
Image Courtesy Gisela Erlacher
The objects are abstract sails, as a “light-space-installation”. The objects are orientated to the lake. The lake Millstättersee is getting a tribune out of water, because the energy of the lake is trapped, converted and reflected as light. So the sails are working as a transmitter and receiver at the same time.
The illumination is reacting to the surrounding – the more people approaching the sails the more vibrate light. The illumination is also reacting to the temperature – they are constantly changing the colour. The colder the temperature the warmer the colour if light is getting.
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