UK-based architect Tonkin Liuproject has created an amazing wind powered art installation at the River Mersey, in Cheshire County, England.
The 14m (46ft) high galvanized steel Future Flower, is powered by wind turbines that light up the installation’s LEDs at night. “Constructed out of triangles and pentagons, the steel structural frame is in the form of an icosi-dodecahedron, onto which 120 perforated galvanized mild steel petals are fixed,” explains the architect of his design. “Within the volume of the flower, a central stalk with branches holds 60 low voltage LED lights, directed to different clusters of petals. The lights are powered by three mini wind turbines attached to the stem, which operate off-grid.”
The LED lights are triggered at wind speeds of 8kph (5mph), creating different intensities of red depending on the wind speed, resulting in an ever-changing and dynamic flower. Without the wind the perforate metal petals reflect the changing colours of the sky and the sun, as the wind picks up they become saturated with the red LED lights, and in the mist or rain they emit a halo of captured and reflected light.
Created in conjunction with XCO2, structural engineer Eckersley OʼCallaghan, and Mike Smith Studio, the Future Flower was commissioned as part of a wider environmental uplift and public art programme in the area.
Visit: http://www.tonkinliu.co.uk/
Via Deezen
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